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NEW! PunkTorah Kids

November 25, 2012 By punktorah

You’re a Jewish homeschooler, an urban parent, you read Kveller on your iPhone instead of grabbing Parenting Magazine at the supermarket. When you think “vinyl”, you don’t just think a clean surface the kids can’t mess up. You’re a PunkTorah parent. And now, your kids can join in the fun.

In our first Jewish parenting series, we bring you cool Hanukkah ideas including some amazing craft projects, Jewish books and more.

But it does not end there. Are YOU interested in the new wave of Jewish parenting? Become a mommy/daddy blogger by sending us an email.

And enjoy our first two blogs: Star of David Bunting and a review of Nathan Blows Out the Hanukkah Candles.

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Nathan Blows Out the Hanukkah Candles – Jewish Children’s Book Review

November 25, 2012 By punktorah

Have you ever met anyone with autism? Think not? Well chances are you have because one in eighty eight children is affected by this “bio-neurological developmental disability” according to the National Autism Association.

Nathan Blows Out the Hanukkah Candles by Tami Lehman-Wilzig with Nicole Katzman and illustrated by Jeremy Tugeau is a story about Nathan, an autistic boy, and his younger brother Jacob. Jacob worries that his older brother (Nathan) might embarrass him during Hanukkah because he never knows what Nathan will do next.

On the first night of Hanukkah Jacob’s new friend Steven comes over. After the candles are light and blessings said Nathan does the unimaginable, he blows out the Hanukkah candles. Jacob is in fact very embarrassed and days later Steven makes fun of Nathan. Although Jacob seems not to really understand the way Nathan acts, he stands up for his brother, which may be another Hanukkah miracle in this enduring story that combines what it might feel like to be a younger brother of an autistic sibling over the holiday of Hanukkah.

Longtime PunkTorah community member Tamara Levine works in a children’s library and is an amateur artist. She can be found at www.oneshul.org where she attends live, online classes.

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Popsicle Star of David Bunting – Jewish Crafts

November 25, 2012 By punktorah

One of the most widely recognised symbols of Judaism is of course the beautiful Star of David, which makes it a great symbol to use when decorating your home for the holidays. We love to make these Star of David buntings for all sorts of different holidays and just recently made more ready for Hanukkah. The buntings are easy to make and leave lots of room for creativity and individualisation.
You will need:
Popsicle sticks in many different colours
Glue
String
Decorations like shiny gems or sequins
Start by picking out six popsicle sticks. Glue three each into a triangle. You should have two triangles now. Put your triangles on top of each other to make a Star of David shape and glue the popsicle sticks in place.

Now you can decorate your star with sticky gems, sequins or glitter glue.
Make a whole bunch of stars! You can [Read more…]

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