The Jewish Family Fun Book: Holiday Projects, Everyday Activities, and Travel Ideas with Jewish Themes - Softcover

Dardashti, Danielle; Sarig, Roni

9781580231718: The Jewish Family Fun Book: Holiday Projects, Everyday Activities, and Travel Ideas with Jewish Themes

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1580231713 ISBN 13: 9781580231718

Publisher: Jewish Lights Pub, 2002

For families wanting to put a new spin on activities for Jewish holidays, holy days, and even the everyday, this complete sourcebook contains more than eighty-five activities to reinvigorate age-old Jewish customs and make them fun for the whole family, taking the Jewish family experience to a new educational and entertaining level. Original.

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

From the Author:

The idea behind The Jewish Family Fun Book is simple: You can find something fun in everything that’s Jewish, and something Jewish in everything that’s fun! It’s all in your attitude. Even everyday things such as playing games, singing songs, or watering plants are Jewish activities if they’re approached from a Jewish perspective.

The goal of this book is to guide you toward a variety of terrific activities for kids and adults, and to inspire your family to come up with your own ideas for Jewish fun.

Regardless of our level of observance, we all hope to connect our children with their Jewish heritage in a way that’s both engaging and meaningful to them, and that will strengthen our bond as a Jewish family. And while synagogue and Hebrew school are important, those elements alone do not complete the picture of Jewish life.

More than any outside influence (school, friends, media) as we grow up, our level of Jewish identity is determined by what we see going on inside our house. For example, having a Passover seder can either be a real drag or a dynamic, positive experience, depending on parents’ attitudes. And the way it’s conveyed will determine the way children view it for the rest of their lives.

We’re not saying parents should fake it for their kids’ sake. We’re saying: Lighten up, and have a little fun, because it’s just so easy to do. Families that understand this will not feel a need to seek out Jewish culture and observe customs only "because we have to," but will also find it natural and desirable to have a strong Jewish element in their lives.

Roll up your sleeves, put on your dancin’ shoes, and get out your thinking caps! We hope you have as much fun reading this book as we’ve had writing it!

About the Author:

Co-authors Danielle Dardashti and Roni Sarig are married and the parents of one young child.

Dardashti produces television documentaries on children’s issues for the Connecting with Kids Network in Atlanta and is a freelance television reporter who has worked for NBC and Fox.

Sarig is the music editor of Atlanta’s newsweekly Creative Loafing, has written articles for national magazines such as Spin and Rolling Stone, and is the author of two books, The Secret History of Rock (Billboard) and The Everything Bicycle Book (Adams).

Email the authors directly at: jewishfamilyfun@aol.com

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.