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Set in the shtetl, this is the story of Joseph, whose grandfather made him a blanket when he was a baby. It's becomes tattered and worn, but Joseph's mother can't persuade him to give it up.
Be kind to animals - and spiders. That's a lesson Josh and his classmates learn in Sammy Spider's First Day of School by Sylvia A. Rouss, illustrated by Katherine Janus Kahn ([Kar-Ben], $7.95 pb).Needless to say the "adventure" turns out well, but when I mentioned the details I found troubling to an Israeli friend - a father and grandfather - he said to me, "Don't recommend this book. Every year young yeshiva students in Israel go into wilderness areas totally unprepared, and die because of it."See the full content of this document
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Jewish Life
For parents, a favorite activity is reading to a young child. In turn, it soon becomes a favorite time for the child as well. Psychologists and educators tell us of the benefits for child development, but any parent knows the sheer pleasure that reading to a child brings.
As we prepare to celebrate Rosh Hashanah, we recognize that a new year brings new beginnings a...See the full content of this document
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