Each Christmas, Barri Evins and a group of volunteers give away thousands of books at Head Start magnet centers throughout the Los Angeles area. At each center, volunteers greet each child individually, ask them their age and then present them with a brand new book especially selected for them.
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The first-ever national kosher cook-off is intended to demonstrate to consumers the flexibility, speed and convenience of kosher cooking, while showcasing the Manischewitz label.
Although all the presenters were united by their passion for the study and practice of Kabbalah, the most observable differences lay in their approaches as to how Judaism\’s most sacred and intimate teachings should be disseminated.
\”Ramah is a place where campers and counselors have their first experience in not only participating in, but helping to form and lead the Jewish community in which they find themselves,\” said Camp Ramah of California Executive Director Rabbi Daniel Greyber.
Jewish camping, particularly overnight camping, has been documented to be one of the most effective ways to build a lasting and active connection to Jewish living.
Listening to \”The Shabbat Lounge\” (Craig N Co.), the latest album in Craig Taubman\’s \”Lounge\” series, your first thought is, \”Gee, this is such a natural, why didn\’t he begin the series with this one instead of shuffling through the holidays?\” The answer, I suspect, is that the songs for Shabbat are so familiar that Taubman felt on surer ground tinkering with less well-known material.
All in all, 2006 was a very good year for Jewish music.
