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Dear Readers:
Here are some readers who would like to hear from you’ If you are 6-12 years
old and want a pen pal, you may write to one of these names or write to- w
do NOAH'S ARK 7726 Portal, Houston, Texas 77071, We areo r y thaTwe
cannot print every letter we receive. y e
Javme Cohen
6117 Rocky Spring Road
Birmingham. Michigan 48009
Age: 6W Grade: 1st
Likes going swimming, sledding, and ice
skating. Collects stickers and charm
necklaces. Likes cheetas, tigers, and
dogs. Likes going on vacations any
where in the world.
Hart Passman
3400 North Lake Shore Dr.
Chicago, Illinois 60657
Age: 7 1 '2 Grade: 2nd
Likes sports, Monopoly, and collecting
stamps from other countries.
Sara Schewel
32319 Azalea Place
Lynchburg, Virginia 24503
Age: 7D Grade: 2nd
Likes roller skating and swimming.
Wants a pen pal, same age or older.
Jona Rose Jaffe
3324 Durand Drive
Los Angeles, California 90068
Age: 8 Grade: 3rd
Likes reading, swimming, art, and stick
ers. Plays the piano.
Wants a girl or hoy pen pal, ages 7-10.
Lindsay Greensweig
1549 K. Foothill Dr.
Santa Rosa, California 95404
Age: 9D Grade: 4th
Likes Cabbage Patch Kids, radios,
and playing the piano.
Wants a girl pen pal, ages 8-12.
-KANGA
Mindy Staller
1215 Hellerman St.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19111
Age: 11 Grade: 5th
Enjoys baseball and all kinds of sports.
Has an older sister. Collects stickers
and rides bikes.
Wants a girl pen pal, same age or older.
Erin Myers
P. 0. Box 734
Ozark, Arkansas 72949
Age: 11 Grade: 5th
Likes skating, gymnastics, earrings, and
other jewelry. Received NOAH’S
ARK as a Chanukah present. Lives in
a small town with no other -Jewish
people.
Shai Spetgang
32 Black Willoway
Willowdale, Ontario M2-I 2A8
Canada
Age: Id Grade: 4th
Hobbies include tennis, building Legos,
and stamps.
Wants a pen pal from any place around
the world.
Stacy Silverstein
642 S. 97th St.
Mesa. Arizona 85208
Age: 10 Grade: 5th
Likes babies, reading, dolls, art, riding
hikes, roller skating, swimming, dogs,
and collecting stickers. Has 2 younger
brothers.
Wants a pen pal, ages 7-10.
( ourtney Rubin
•C>3:i \ ictoria Blvd.
Windsor, Ontario N9E 3L4
Canada
Age: almost 1 1
Loves figure skating, overnight camp,
an, l amusement parks. Hobbies are
roller skating, swimming, dancing,
r,, ck music, meeting people, writing
and receiving letters, and collecting
teddy bears.
Wants a girl pen pal, ages 10-12.
Robyn Shumer
6 Hutch Valley Rd.
Howell, New -lersey 07731
Age: 11
Hobbies include piano, gymnastics,
cheerleading, and shopping. Loves
Hruce Springsteen!
Jennifer Barer
22 Twixt Hill Rd.
Ridgefield, Connecticut 06877
Age: 11 Grade: 6th
Likes rock music, parties, shopping, and
clothes.
Wants a boy or girl pen pal, ages 11-13.
liana Yusefovitch
Bratskaia 25-2-133
M oscow
USSR
Age: almost 8
aid her family are refuseniks (-Jews
ask for permission to leave the
et Union and are refused). liana
an older sister and 2 younger
hers. She speaks only Hebrew
,me She wants to live in -Jerusalem,
hobbv is plaving the piano. liana s
idav is April 29. Birthdays are un-
ant’in the Soviet Union, so she will
ci a lly appreciate birthday cards
letters right now. Write like you
Id write to any pen pal. Do not
? anything about being a refusenik
anything had about the Soviet
in. Enclose a picture of yourself it
have one.
3 44 cent air mail stamp.)
Hamantashen With A Secret Ingredient
After Haman was defeated in his wicked plot against the
Jews, Mordecai told the Jews to “make Purim days as days of
feasting (eating good meals) and gladness, and of sending por
tions (gifts) to one another and gifts to the poor.”
That is the reason we share our happiness with others on
Purim. We not only give to the poor, but also to our friends and
relatives. This is called mishloach manot. Everyone should
send a gift to at least two people. The gifts are supposed to be
food or drinks, and could include hamantashen, cookies,
candies, and fruit.
In addition to your gifts, send secret messages in homemade
“hamantashen” to all your friends and family this year.
What You Need:
construction paper
pencil
scissors
paper
tape or glue
wrapped candy
What You Do:
1. Draw or trace a circle (about 4 inches wide) on the construc
tion paper.
2. Cut out the circle.
3. Cut out a strip of paper and write a secret message on it.
Here are some examples:
Don’t eat too many hamantashen!
I love you!
See you at synagogue tonight - guess who!
4. Take the strip and roll it up so that the end can stick out of
your paper “hamantash”.
5. Fold up the edges of the circle in the shape of a hamantash.
6. Put in a couple of pieces of wrapped candy and your mes
sage.
7. Tape or glue the edges of the “hamantash” together.
8. Deliver vour mishloach manot to a friend!
A Popular Costume In Israel
In Israel two years ago all the children dressed like cowboys and
clowns on Purim. Last year a new costume was the most popular
choice - Dordaism.
What’s Dordaism? In the United States and Canada they are
called Smurfs! That’s right, those funny blue-faced little creatures
are very popular in Israel. They are the stars of the Dordaism tele
vision show, replacing Wonder Woman as the most popular tele
vision personality. In fact, Dordaism is so popular that Israel’s
Television Minister changed the time of the program to begin after
Shabbat ended so religious fans could see it!
This Purim, forget about Esther and Haman costumes! Dress
like a Smurf and you’ll feel at home in any Israeli Purim parade!
PAGE 29 THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE March 21, 1986