The Jewish Family Fun Book

This celebration of Jewish family life is the perfect guide for families wanting to put a new spin on holidays, holy days and the everyday. With over eighty-five easy-to-do activities to reinvigorate age-old Jewish customs and make them fun for the whole family, this book is more than just kids? stuff. Full of games, activities, and history, it?s about taking the Jewish family experience to a new educational and entertaining level.This new edition?updated and expanded?details activities for fun at home and away from home, including recipes, meaningful everyday and holiday crafts, travel guides, and enriching entertainment. Clearly illustrated and full of easy-to-follow instructions, this lively guide shows how to take an active approach to exploring Jewish tradition and have fun along the way. Topics include:Holiday FunArts & Crafts?and Fun Things to EatVolunteerism: Mitzvot & TzedakahSports, Games & Outdoor FunJewish Music and DanceBooks, Stories, Films and Videos for Jewish FamiliesJewish Museums and Historical SitesJewish Family Camps, Getaways and FestivalsA Guide to the Funnest Kosher Restaurants in the US?and Much, Much More!

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction	p. xiii
Holiday Fun
Shabbat	p. 3
Can-Do Candlesticks	p. 4
"Kid-ish" Kiddush Cup	p. 5
Danielle's Dough-licious Shabbat Challah	p. 6
The "Super-Appealing, Spill-Concealing" Tablecloth	p. 8
Making Your Own Besamim Box	p. 9
Some Easy-to-Grow Herbs for Your Besamim Box	p. 10
Rosh Hashanah & Yom Kippur	p. 11
Tooting Your Own Shofar	p. 12
Tashlich: Tossing Your Cookies for the New Year	p. 13
Inside-Out Candied Apple	p. 14
Old Country Nut 'n' Honey Treats	p. 15
Sephardic and Persian Hors d'Oeuvres	p. 16
Sending the Very Best New Year's Cards	p. 18
History in the Making: Designing Your Own Jewish Calendar	p. 19
Sukkot	p. 21
Sukkah-Building Basics	p. 22
Tips for the Sukkah "Interior Decorator"	p. 22
Sukkah-in-a-Sukkah Centerpiece	p. 23
The Real-Deal Lulav Shake	p. 25
The Wacky 'n' Tasty Lulav "Shake"	p. 25
Simchat Torah	p. 27
Tiny Totin'Torahs	p. 28
Fun Flags for the Simchah Strut	p. 29
Hanukkah	p. 31
Miraculous Menorah Making	p. 32
Dreidel-Playing Basics: How to Be a Gelt-Shark	p. 34
Lip-Licking Latkes	p. 35
Appetizing Applesauce	p. 36
Fry 'em and Try 'em: Soofganiyot	p. 37
Tu B'Shvat	p. 39
The "Nature Nosh" Tu B'Shvat Seder	p. 40
Home Gardening	p. 42
Turning Paper Back into a Tree	p. 43
Purim	p. 45
The "Shake-Rattle-and-Roll" Grogger	p. 46
"Purim Punim" Face Paints	p. 47
Crowns Fit for a King or Queen	p. 47
Three Points: A Haman Hat Trick	p. 48
What a "Cast" of Characters: Papier Mache Puppets	p. 49
The "So-Good-You'll-Eat-Your-Hat" Hamantaschen	p. 51
Passover	p. 55
Operation Feather-and-Candle	p. 55
Undercover Matzah	p. 56
A Traditional Ashkenazi Charoset	p. 58
Farid's Persian Version Charoset	p. 58
The Family Fun Seder: Charting the Seder Course	p. 59
Yom Ha'Atzmaut (with Yom Ha'Shoah and Yom Ha'Zikaron)	p. 65
The "Stuff-It-'Til-It-Stuffs-You" Falafel	p. 67
Aliza's Spreadable Edible Incredible Hummus	p. 68
Slice 'n' Dice Israeli Salad	p. 69
"Jew"elry	p. 69
Lag B'Omer	p. 71
Don't Lag B'hind	p. 72
Shavuot	p. 75
Midnight Read and Feed	p. 76
The Land of Cheese Blintzes	p. 76
Prize-Winning Paper-Cutting	p. 78
Tu B'Av	p. 81
It Takes Tu B'Av to Tango	p. 82
Invent a Yente: Tu B'Av Matchmaking	p. 82
To My Love on Tu B'Av	p. 83
Celebrating Secular Holidays in a Jewish Way	p. 85
Fun at Home
Volunteerism: Mitzvot & Tzedakah	p. 93
Make Your Own Tzedakah Box	p. 94
Grassroots Tzedakah	p. 95
Showtime at the Retirement Home!	p. 96
Special Trips to Special Homes and Shelters	p. 97
Arts & Crafts-and Fun Things to Eat	p. 101
Mezuzah Magic	p. 101
Cosmic Judaica: Glow-in-the-Dark Stars of David	p. 103
Playful Place Mats	p. 103
How to Grow a Family Tree	p. 104
Tallit "Tie-Dye-enu"	p. 106
All-Purpose Candy Clay	p. 109
"Me-shugga" Cookies	p. 110
That's a Wrap!	p. 111
And the Envelopes, Please	p. 112
Sports, Games & Outdoor Fun	p. 115
Like a Maccabi	p. 115
Jewish Scouting for Everyone	p. 116
Go "Ga-Ga" for Ga-Ga	p. 117
Shesh-besh	p. 118
"This Challah's-for-the-Birds" Feeder	p. 118
Jewish Music & Dance	p. 121
The Parent-and-Kid-Friendly Jewish Music Guide	p. 121
Kid-ish Yiddish Music	p. 134
Kids' Favorites from Israel	p. 135
Kool Klezmer and Alternative Jewish Music for Older Kids	p. 136
Israeli Folk Dancing: Motza'ei-Shabbat Fever!	p. 143
Dance 101: Basic Steps	p. 144
Stepping Forward: Some Easy Dances	p. 145
Books & Stories for Jewish Families	p. 149
Family Fun Books	p. 149
Make Your Own Books	p. 176
Films & Videos for Jewish Families	p. 177
Family Fun Videos	p. 177
Family Fun Films	p. 183
Making Your Own Jewish Family Videos	p. 186
Internet & Software for Jewish Families	p. 189
Jewish Fun Webguide	p. 189
Surfing the Hebrew-net: Hebrew Fonts on Your Computer	p. 194
Super Software	p. 196
Fun on the Road
Jewish Museums for the Family	p. 207
Where to Go throughout the U.S.	p. 207
Jewish Historical Sites	p. 217
Learning History on the Road	p. 217
Jewish Family Camps, Getaways & Festivals	p. 225
Away-from-Home Fun for the Entire Family	p. 225
A Guide to the Funnest Kosher Restaurants in the U.S.	p. 235
Good Eats and People to Meet	p. 235
Afterword	p. 257
Appendix of Prayers	p. 259
Appendix of Stencils	p. 269
Index	p. 273
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