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Tu Bishvat - an activity book

It seems like the ‘new years’ celebrations are never ending…first we had Rosh Hashanah. Before we knew it came 2009, the Chinese New Year is this weekend and next week is the Jewish new years for the trees or as we call it – Tu-Bishvat (the name is derived from the Hebrew date of the holiday the 15th of the month of Shevat).  I am much exited to share this activity book that I have designed. Please forward it to whom ever you think will enjoy it.
If you have any comments or feedback I would love to hear. 

TU BISHVAT ACTIVITY BOOK (pdf)

Thanks to Jill Sulam from Transformations Editing for editing this Tu Bishvat activity book!

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Wendy Mogel

I have never imagined I would be in tears of laughter and emotions from a parenting lecture. I also never thought I would pay $45 to attend one. Well, I just did both. Wendy Mogel the author of “The Blessing Of A Skinned Knee: Using Jewish Teachings to Raise Self-Reliant Children” is a brilliant speaker. I must admit I haven’t read her book yet, but I have it in my hands (signed by the author), waiting for my glass of wine…good night

The Israeli flag

“At the behest of our leader Herzl, I came to Basle to make preparations for the Zionist Congress. Among many other problems that occupied me then was one that contained something of the essence of the Jewish problem. What flag would we hang in the Congress Hall? Then an idea struck me. We have a flag — and it is blue and white. The talith with which we wrap ourselves when we pray: that is our symbol. Let us take this Talith from its bag and unroll it before the eyes of Israel and the eyes of all nations. So I ordered a blue and white flag with the Shield of David painted upon it.” David Wolffsohn, the second president of the World Zionist Organization (1897)

‘Jewish World/Unwilling flag wavers?’ by Roi Ben-Yehuda, ‘Haaretz’, (an Israeli news paper)
a nicely written article that turned very controversial.