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- Pesah Around the Jewish World
- Jewish Multiculturalism
- Pedagogic Pearls
- Technology Tips
- Books, DVD and Videos of the Month
- Calendar Highlights
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HOT OFF THE PRESSES!ACAJE/JOP is pleased to announce its newest Making
Connections
Home Study Guide:
Creating Passover Memories.
This guide is the perfect tool to help add
meaning to the Seder experience.
For a
free copy (and lots of Passover resources), click here or
call Debbie Leon at 215-635-8940, ext. 1206.
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ACAJE/JOP EVENTS
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Search SERC's
library collection online,
by subject, title or author at the
Gratz Tuttleman Library.
(Look for the SERC designation in the call #)
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Compiled and designed
by
Bonni Kraus,
Educational Resources and
Communication Associate,
in
partnership with
Elana Rivel,
Director of
Educational
Resource
Development
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Pesah Around the Jewish World
1. The National Jewish Outreach Program explains the Pesah traditions of various Jewish cultures on their site.
2. Memories from seders around the world are included in this article.
3. Explore some interesting lesser-known Pesah customs
at Insight Israel on about.com with Rabbi Professor
David Golinkin.
4. What are some of the differences between Ashkenazic and Sephardic Jewish Pesah practices? Click here to find out!
5. Perhaps you'll want to incorporate some of the World's Most Unusual Seder Customs (from the BabagaNewz site) into your seder. There's a lesson plan for teachers as well.
6. Jews from North Africa celebrate the beginning of Spring and the return to eating hametz with a mimouna. Watch this YouTube video to learn more about this custom.
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Jewish Multiculturalism
1. The Jewish MultiCultural Project provides a curriculum, photos, projects, and more - and has an interactive map that links to information about Jewish communities around the world.
2. The Jewish Multiracial Network offers posters, links, music, and other resources.
3. Download this colorful "Faces of Israel' poster (pdf) from BabagaNewz. It also includes a corresponding lesson plan (pdf).
4. "An Ancient Heritage" explores the similarities and differences among Ashkenazic, Sephardic and Mizrachi Jews (banner, in pdf format)
5. Discover the Romaniotes, Greek Jews.
6. Learn about many different World Jewish Communities at the World Jewish Congress site.
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Pedagogic Pearls
When teaching Pesah, it's easy to become so involved
with the haggadah you've always
used that you miss the underlying messages of the text. In reading about the Four Children, we need to dig
deeper to find greater meaning about the importance of
inclusion. We must make room at the
table for all: the knowledgeable, the
compliant, the rebellious, and the silent.
Those who believe differently or do not believe at all are part of our
Jewish world.
For more to think about, check out this website.
Anita Block, Director of the NESS Initiative
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Technology Tips
RSS Feeds
Instead of searching online for the blogs and articles you want to read - set up an RSS feed and have them sent to you! What is an RSS feed? Click here for an easy explanation. GoogleReader is a good place to begin.
As always, feel free to contact us if you need a little personal assistance.
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Books, DVD and Videos of the Month
 Abuelita's Secret Matzahs by Sandy Eisenberg Sasso
Jacobo's grandmother has a secret: she does things differently than his
friends. "It's the way of our
family," she will only say when Jacobo asks her about the tortillas
made without yeast and the candles on Friday night - until one day she shares a family secret about
their real heritage. This book tells the fascinating but little-known story of the CyrptoJews, Jews forced to convert to Christianity during the Spanish Inquisition.
Ages 4 - 8.
I Love Jewish Faces by Debra B. Darvick
This charming picture book turns the traditional image of the Yiddishe punim on its head, and mirrors today's reality of Jews who come in every shape, size and color!
Ages 4-10.
 Passover Around the World
by Tami Lehman-Wilzig
Get ready to take a trip around the world - to Gibraltar, Turkey, Ethiopia, India, Iran, Israel, Morocco, and beyond - to experience the variety of ways the exodus from Egypt is celebrated. Lots of recipes included! Ages 9 - 12.
Shari's Passover Surprise: A Multicultural  Celebration V-816
Shari Lewis, her puppets and guest stars prepare for
Passover and present its story and traditions with new songs, dances and
hilarity. Geared for young Jewish and multicultural audiences.
ONE
HOUR, AGES: 2 - 8.
 The Forgotten Refugees: A Film
about the Mass Exodus of Jews from Arab Countries and Iran in the 20th Century V-5063
Weaving personal stories with dramatic archival footage of rescue missions,
historic images of exodus and resettlement, and analyses of scholars, this DVD
tells the story of the destruction of Jewish Middle Eastern communities, some of
which had been in existence for more than 2500 years.
50 MINUTES, AGES: 12
- ADULT.
Teiman: The Music of the Jews from Yemen V-725
Yemenite history, culture, lifestyle and religious and
ritual observance is examined through the unique, rhythmic music of the Jews of
Yemen. Ophra Haza, Ahinoam Nini (Noa), and the Inbal Dance Theatre are among
those featured.
30 MINUTES, AGES: 10-ADULT.
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