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PlayShop Schedule |
Drop-in Arts
and Crafts Room Fine print:
Family Concert Yiddish Kumzits
for Children Noah’s
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Playshops Join area educators and artists for special kid friendly workshops! Parents, please accompany your children under age 10. A arrive early as many playshops have limited space. Please consult Festival Schedule available on the day of the festival for room numbers. Workshops have a $1.00 fee to cover cost of materials. |
| 1:30
to 2:30 |
2:45
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4:00
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Mezuzahs and
More! |
Tzitzit: Jewish
Macramé Shirley Waxman Pre-bar Mitzvah kids and their parents Knots and wraps. In this workshop, participants will unravel the mystery of the tzitzit - the fringes on the corners of the tallit - as they tie their very own sample. Shirley will also present the history and laws governing a tallit. |
Shema Pillow
Cases Ellen Kwait “Goodnight G-D; talk to you in the morning!" Remember to say the Shema when you go to sleep because it is on your pillowcase! |
| Hanukiots Ages 6-12 Abby Kathan Limited to 20 Build your menorah for Hanukah using wooden blocks and other building supplies. |
Shabbat Candle
Sticks Ages 3-6, children must be accompanied by an adult. Abby Kathan Limited to 20 Build your own pair of candle sticks for Shabbat using wooden blocks and other building supplies. |
Mezuzahs and
More! All Ages Margot Neuhaus Make your own mezuzah or other creation with sculpty and glass tubes. Children under 6 years must be accompanied by an adult. |
| Edible Menorahs
and More Jewish Holiday Fun with Food Family workshop for ages 4 and up Limited to 25 Susan Barocas Let's play with our food! In this hands-on program, kids and parents together will build edible menorahs and dreidels (all kosher ingredients) and discover more fun, delicious activities for Jewish holidays and celebrations. Children must be accompanied by an adult. |
Jewish Symbols
Tiles Ages 6 - 12 Gale Pressman How many Jewish symbols are there? We will list them and then you will draw your favorite ones on a tile using permanent markers. You will be able to hang your tile on the wall or use it on the table to hold a bottle of wine or a hot dish. |
The Hungry Caterpillar |
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Shadow Creatures from the
Earth, Sky, and Sea |
Shema Pillow
Cases Ellen Kwait “Goodnight G-D; talk to you in the morning!" Remember to say the Shema when you go to sleep because it is on your pillowcase! |
Mizrach
Artwork for Your Eastern Wall Ages 6-12 Rena Fruchter Throughout history, Jewish homes have displayed a special piece of artwork, a mizrach, on their eastern wall to direct attention towards the Holy Land. Join us in this workshop opportunity to make a copper Mizrach to hang in your home, or to give as a special gift. |
| Shlemiel's Shlimazels's
and Shadows! Ages 7 and up Daniel Barash Limited to 20 Experience the magic of both Yiddish tales and shadow puppetry with Daniel Barash of The Shadow Puppet Workshop. In this ancient Asian-inspired performance art, the shadows of two-dimensional rod puppets are cast onto a lit screen to other-worldly effect. In this workshop children will first watch a shadow puppet performance. They will then create puppets to bring Yiddish tales to life, learning basic shadow puppetry techniques along the way. See you in the land of shadows! |
Children’s Workshop Leaders, Musicians and
Performers:
Rosana Azar is the founder of Creative Adventures. Her philosophy is simple: art is fun and can be enjoyed by everyone! She believes that people of all ages have the capacity to be creative. Each of us has an incredible amount of creative energy and ideas just waiting to be discovered! There is an artist in you! Creative Adventures has art classes, camps and workshops in elementary schools and other locations in the Washington area.
artinyou.com
301-388-0847
Daniel Barash has pioneered the use of shadow puppetry, an ancient Asian art form, in diverse secular and Jewish settings. He has led arts-in-education workshops for more than a decade in the Metro New York region before relocating to Metro DC in 2006. Barash performed a one-man educational theater program for more than 100,000 students across the United States, and has worked with students in Belarus, India, Laos, and Lithuania. He has also trained educators in the use of dramatic arts to explore curricula, both in the U.S. and abroad.
shadowpuppetworkshop.com
Email: info@shadowpuppetworkshop.com
301.646.3231
Susan Barocas, a filmmaker and writer, also teaches Jewish cooking and other classes at area synagogues and schools. She started cooking as a child and now relishes sharing the kitchen with her 10-year-old son, Sam.
Rena Fruchter is the Resource and Arts consultant at The Learning Center of the Partnership for Jewish Life and Learning. Her Jewish educational vision includes facilitating Jewish learning through arts integration strategies and simcha (joy). Rena has taught visual art in Jewish formal and informal settings for lots of years, and brings important topics of Jewish identity to student audience with her one woman show, Jewish Involvement Theater. Married to Kol Chayim’s Chaim Fruchter, she has four kids, not surprisingly, all involved in the arts!
Abby Kathan is a junior at B-CC high school and teaches Hebrew school at Kehila Chadasha. This is her second year at the festival.
Ellen Kwait has been involved in Jewish education since 1978. This is her third year at the Jewish Folk Arts Festival.
Carol Boyd Leon is a professional musician who specializes in sharing the joy of music with everyone she meets. Both children and adults appreciate her gentle but energetic style of teaching and song leading. Her clear, loving voice invites everyone to sing with her. Carol is a songwriter as well as being a songleader/music educator for several congregations and schools in the Washington area. She has three albums; her latest, Gan Shirim, has been nominated “Best Jewish Album” by Just Plain Folks.
Marcia Gruss Levinsohn is a published author of Yiddish stories and long time presenter at the Festival. Der Retekh is her latest book
Nisa
Montie (Miss Nature) hosts Nisa Nature's Adventures. She is a recognized
expert in teaching children about nature through song and dance.
Her mission is to show children the beauty, magic, and joy of exploring
nature, while guiding them in discovering their own gifts.
nisanature.com
nisanature@earthlink.net
(301) 260-7613
I have gone through
many careers; art is a total unsupervised expression of myself.
Wallowing in my insatiable love for textiles and colour and the folklore
of all peoples,
I enjoy the interaction with people in creating meaningful Judaica for their
life cycle events.
My philosophy comes from my Jewish folklore background-- teach others and
you will learn,
express what is meaningful for people and hopefully they will understand
and feel joy from your work.
website: shirleywaxman.com
Margot Neuhaus, loves to play with wood, stone, clay, paper, photography, etc. Children are great playmates to remind her of good ways to do things.
email: margotneuhaus@hotmail.com.
web page: margotneuhaus.com