Jewish Holiday Games for Little Hands (Activity Books) [Paperback]

Ruth Esrig Brinn (Author), Sally Springer (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1995 | Series: Activity Books

Dozens of games for Shabbat and the Jewish holidays. With game boards and playing cards designed for reproduction. Simple directions, holiday explanations, and glossary. Ideal for home and classroom, large groups or solitary play.

Product Details

• Paperback: 112 pages
• Publisher: Kar-Ben Publishing (September 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0929371860
• ISBN-13: 978-0929371863
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,571,374 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good hands on learning, November 21, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Jewish Holiday Games for Little Hands (Activity Books) (Paperback)

This book successfully incorporates Jewish culture with American culture for hands on activities--Not necessarily a bad thing, especially if you're a Jewish American. Good ideas for keeping younger boys (girls) busy when out of school for the Holydays. This book is not meant to teach Torah or deep spiritual significance of the Holydays--It is just a good activity idea book, nothing more, nothing less. My kids had fun with it!

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Better Thank I Thought, March 7, 2009

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This review is from: Jewish Holiday Games for Little Hands (Activity Books) (Paperback)

It was alright, however most of the games in this book I could think of on my own. It really isn't worth the money but it was ok to have them all together in a book. I say Go to the library!

4 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Hypocrisy for the Young, September 18, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Jewish Holiday Games for Little Hands (Activity Books) (Paperback)

The basic issue here is that the authors attempt to "sell" Judaism to young people by superficially (and in the tackiest of ways) stamping Jewish symbols on Americanized games. This practice is most commonly used today by Jewish Americans to make Hannukah (a minor Jewish holiday) as much like Christmas as possible so that American Jewish children do not abandon their "faith" to join the crowd. The effect, of course, is to mutate any legitimacy and honesty in a child's experimentation with the Jewish faith. It is not that far removed from Pokemon. The cover of the book says it all. Don't bother opening it.