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5763 - Tishray 5764 Specials & News
August 29 - October 26, 2003
Last
month we celebrated our 8th Anniversary by moving
our studio to a new and exciting location. Artisan
Works (“where art lives”) is a huge factory
building converted into a 40,000 square-foot gallery
of seemingly endless corridors and cozy galleries
displaying the works of world-class artists and craftspeople.
Many artist studios are scattered among the breathtaking
paintings, photographs, mobiles and sculptures. As
of last month, we are the fortunate new tenants of
one of these beautiful studios. The New York Times
wrote that Artisan Works is one of the best reasons
to visit Rochester. We strongly agree! So please come
visit us for an experience you’ll never forget.
Learn more about Artisan Works at http://www.artisanworks.net.
CAJE
in 1-2-3
In
between painting the walls, rewiring electricity and
mounting shelves, we went to Columbus, OH to join the
CAJE conference. Here are three highlights:
CAJE 1. Fabric Marker Raffle
Winner
About 100 people entered our Marvy Marker Raffle
to win the Fabric Marker Collection (144 broad-point
Marvy fabric markers in display cases, value $374).
We’re pleased to announce that this raffle’s
winner is Roland Roth, Director of
Education at Congregation Beth Shalom
in Seattle, WA.
Roland, who is also a friend of mine, begged me to “pull
strings” and make sure he’d be the winner.
I didn’t. His entry, however, was selected despite
that. Maybe it’s because of the Stars of David
he decorated his entry with...
To claim your prize, Roland, you must e-mail or call
us ASAP.
Roland is joining previous winners:
Julie Auerbach of The Gross
Schechter Day School in Pepper Pike, OH
Orna Sonnenschein of Temple
Beth Am in Framingham MA
Eda Klein of Ohev Shalom of
Bucks County in Richboro PA
Ilana Davidov of Beth El Synagogue
in New Rochelle, NY
Rabbi Cy Stanway of Temple
Beth Miriam in Elberon, NJ
Jessica Bucholtz of Shomrei
Torah Synagogue in West Hills CA.
CAJE
2. Sometime the simplest ideas are the most brilliant
This year at CAJE I met Ruti Worrall,
a beautiful music teacher and writer from Manchester
England, who developed a program that is so great, it
made me want to go back to teach. Shironi
is a songbook of 75 traditional and modern Hebrew songs
with both the actual notated music and guitar chords
for each song as well as the lyrics in Hebrew, English
and transliteration.
What makes this program so brilliant are the two accompanying
CDs. The first contains all of the songs performed by
Israeli singers to help you pronounce the words correctly
and learn the tunes. The second contains just the instrumentals
so that you can have your very own Hebrew karaoke. I
imagine classroom song contests with students singing
solos or forming bands. I imagine school-wide karaoke
Sundays and sing-along.
I always knew that music and art are the best teaching
tools, but as someone who can’t carry a tune,
I concentrated on art. Having such a resource makes
teaching through music so easy that I think this one
is a must-have for every Hebrew classroom.
As with all my recommendations, I get absolutely no
monetary compensation from making this recommendation,
only the joy that I’ve introduced you to an incredible
program that will improve your teaching. To order this
program in the USA, contact Judy Ginsberg
at judy@jewishentertainment.net.
To order this program in Europe, contact Ruti
Worrall at rutiworrall@shironi.co.uk.
CAJE 3. Nachat*
A young woman came to the Siddur Cover Workshop I presented
at CAJE. She smiled at me as if she knew me. Since I
didn’t recognize her, I asked for her name. Turns
out the last time I saw Elissa Klein
was eight years ago, when she was a child in my Judaic
art class at Temple B’rith Kodesh
in Rochester, NY. I swelled with pride when she told
me she became a Judaic teacher in Vermont. After the
workshop I read in her evaluation, which brought tears
to my eyes: “I grew up with Yorron’s
art projects and they just might be the only positive
experience I remember from religious School. Years later,
my friends and I still talk about getting married under
the chupah we made in 4th grade”.
* Nachat: (Also “Nachas” in Yiddish)
Means joy, pride, and delight. Usually one gets plenty
of it from grandchildren. As teachers, we are lucky
to receive such a feeling from our students as well.
Over
6,000 Sold: Mezuzah Case prices reduced!
Two years ago, we introduced the Mezuzah
Case. To launch it, we had to invest a great deal
of money to manufacture an aluminum mold. To recover
the cost of this initial investment, we priced the first
3,000 Mezuzah Cases at $12 per kit and the following
3,000 cases at $10 per kit. We’ve been fortunate
enough to sell 6,000 cases to date and are thankful
to all of you who made it part of your curriculum and
one of our most popular projects.
Now that the initial investment has been paid off, we
are happy to pass along additional savings to you with
newly reduced pricing for this extraordinary kit:
Quantity |
Price |
1-5
kits |
$8.00ea. |
|
$7.60ea. |
12-49
kits |
$7.20ea. |
50-99
kits |
$6.40ea. |
100+
kits |
$5.60ea. |
Encyclopedia
of Jewish Symbols is Now Out of Print. Taking advance
orders now!!!
The Encyclopedia
of Jewish Symbols is out of print again. To convince
the publisher to reprint this incredibly valuable
teaching tool, they need at least 250 pre-orders.
Please help us bring this book back to life by
ordering your advance copies ASAP. Mention this
newsletter and get your first copy for $25 (Publisher’s
price is $30) and each additional copy for $22. Buy
the book along with one of our programs and your price
is just $20 per copy. Offer expires October 26, 2003.
Tishray Holidays
| Friday,
29 Elul |
Sept.ember
26 |
Erev
Roch Hashanah (NEw Year's Eve) |
| Saturday,
01 Tishray |
September
27 |
Rosh
HaShanah Day One (New Year, Day One) |
| Sunday,
02 Tishray |
September
28 |
Rosh
HaShanah Day Two (New Year, Day Two) |
| Monday,
03 Tishray |
September
29 |
Tzom
Gedaliah (Fast of Gedaliah) |
| Sunday,
09 Tishray |
October
05 |
Erev
Yom Kippur (Eve of Day of Atonement) |
| Monday,
10 Tishray |
October
06 |
Yom
Kippur (Day of Atonement) |
| Friday,
14 Tishray |
October
10 |
Erev
Sukkot (Eve of Sukkot) |
| Saturday,
15 Tishray |
October
11 |
First Day of Sukkot |
| Sunday,
16 Tishray |
October
12 |
Second
Day of Sukkot |
| Monday,
17 Tishray |
October
13 |
Hol
HaMoed Sukkot |
| Tuesday,
18 Tishray |
October
14 |
Hol
HaMoed Sukkot |
| Wednesday,
19 Tishray |
October
15 |
Hol
HaMoed Sukkot |
| Thursday,
20 Tishray |
October
16 |
Hol
HaMoed Sukkot |
| Friday,
21 Tishray |
October
17 |
Hosha’ana
Raba |
| Saturday,
22 Tishray |
October
18 |
Shemini
Atzeret |
| Sunday,
23 Tishray |
October
19 |
Simchat
Torah |
Closing
for the High Holidays
We will be closed for the ten days of Teshuvah
(from Rosh HaShannah to Yom Kippur). Our website and
voicemail, however, will be working 24/7, since they
are not really Jewish...
Have
a Happy New Year, a Meaningful Yom Kippur, and Festive
Sukkot!
May the coming year bring us all peace in all of its
forms and with all its blessings.
Yorron
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