Review By KRISTIN WALD Food, fun, games, and culture fill the three episodes on Mama Doni’s latest DVD, “Jewish Holiday Party.” While it will seem overly simple to families who have always been steeped in traditional holiday celebrations, it’s the perfect introduction for families that want to introduce, jumpstart or reignite their own traditions surrounding […]
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Mama Doni’s Jewish Holiday Party (2013)
November 9th, 2013 · 3 Comments · Movies
Tags: Early Elementary·Hanukkah·Holiday Movies·Holidays·Jewish Culture·Judaism·Mama Doni·Music·Older Elementary·Passover·Preschoolers·Shabbat
Hanukkah, Oh Hanukkah
December 12th, 2012 · No Comments · Books
Review By HOMA WOODRUM In Hanukkah, Oh Hanukkah (Amazon affiliate link), Susan L. Roth’s collages depict a mouse family celebrating Hanukkah alongside the lyrics to a song about the holiday. The mice light a menorah, dance the hora, eat latkes (potato pancakes) together, and play with dreidels, all basked in the light of a menorah “to […]
Tags: Collage·Holidays·Homa Woodrum·Illustration·Jewish Culture·Mice
Something from Nothing
March 26th, 2012 · No Comments · Books
Review By HOMA WOODRUM Something from Nothing, written and illustrated by Phoebe Gilman, has been a long-time favorite of mine. My younger sister received this book as a gift when it first came out twenty years ago and my fond memories prompted me to check it out from the library to read to my children. […]
Tags: 1990s Books·Early Elementary·Eco-Friendly Kids Books·Grandparents·Homa Woodrum·Illustration·Jewish Culture·Mice·Phoebe Gilman·Preschoolers