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% From The Mail Pouch 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