CENTER HOSTS REGION’S SECOND ANNUAL
‘BOOK AND CHANUKAH FAIR’
The Chai Tots Early Childhood Center (www.ChaiTots.com) is offering the Mason / Deerfield / West Chester area community the region’s second annual community-wide “Scholastic and Jewish Book and Chanukah Fair,” announced Rochel Kalmanson, Director of Chai Tots Early Childhood Center. The fair will offer an array of children’s books, innovative Chanukah gifts and Judaica in time for Chanukah*.
The fair, open from November 16 through November 21, will offer books from leading publishers promoting universal values such as sharing, kindness and charity, and teaching Jewish history and tradition. It will also feature a conveniently located one-stop-shop for all one’s Chanukah accessories and gifts.
Hosted at The Jewish Discovery Center, 7587 Central Parke Blvd, in Mason (across from Cedar Village), the fair will be open daily from 8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. and evenings by appointment. There will be something for everyone’s budget and taste.
The fair is being launched with a brunch for the entire family, on Sunday, November 18, from 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
“Recognizing that literacy is the cornerstone of a child's intellectual, personal and cultural growth, the Book Fair will provide high quality children's literature and products to educate, entertain and motivate children, designed to help enlarge their understanding of the world around them,” said Kalmanson. “We also want to make children's books with Jewish themes and innovative Chanukah gifts easily accessible, for they play a vital role in every Jewish home, playroom, classroom and library,” she added.
As the Jewish Discovery Center (www.JDiscovery.com) will be offering a plethora of Chanukah fun programs and celebrations for the entire family, the ‘Book and Chanukah Fair’ kicks off the holiday season for the Jewish community in the Northern region, providing a convenient location for one’s Chanukah needs. Additional holiday programming includes the Kids Kraft Club, a pre-holiday craft club for children, featuring The Olive Oil Factory on December 3, at 2:00 p.m., and a Chanukah Family Game Night N’ Latkes, by the POPS (Parents of Preschoolers) Club on December 8, at 6:30 p.m.
The entire community is invited to these events.
To learn more about Chanukah, log onto www.JDiscovery.com. Clicking on the Chanukah link brings the surfer to the largest interactive Chanukah website online and provides information and video demonstrations on the hows, whys and whens of the holiday. The site also offers an "Ask the Rabbi" feature for any holiday question.
The Jewish Discovery Center is the center for the entire Jewish community in the Northern corridor and offers numerous classes and educational opportunities to study more about Judaism and its relevance to the post-modern Jew. They also maintain an online library with numerous interactive resources available on their website, www.JDiscovery.com.
The mission of the Jewish Discovery Center and its Chai Tots Early Childhood Center is to transform Jewish values and ideals into a living force in the lives of children, youth and adults through positive experiences. Instilling the desire to live Jewishly, and to actively participate in and contribute to the Jewish community’s heritage and practices, is their key goal.
For more information on these Chanukah programs, visit the website or call 531.DISCOVER (531.3472).
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* The 8-day Jewish holiday of Chanukah, the Festival of Lights, begins this year on the evening of Tuesday, December 4th and continues through Wednesday, December 12, 2007.
Chanukah (pronounced at the beginning with a guttural sound), known also as “Hanukah,” is among the most widely celebrated of Jewish holidays. It is a time for happy family gatherings around the Menorah [8-branch candelabra], for songs and sizzling potato latkes [pancakes] and games of "Dreidel."
