Several programs that have worked well: A Jewish Book Bingo: Make a bingo card with different types of Jewish books on it (Holiday story, Israel, Prayer, Judaic fiction, Holocaust, etc.). Participants win a prize for reading books in the categories to make a "Bingo"
One Book/One People: Choose a good recent book and have everyone in the congregation read it. Then have a program to discuss the book. Special storytellers: Everyone Reads Jewish Books: Invite different members of the synagogue with different professions to come in and read a story to a class during Jewish Book Month. We have had rabbi, cantor, principal, crossing guard, member of city council, firefighter, police officer, custodian come and share a book. Jewish Storytelling festival: Have children sign up to tell a Jewish story. Model by sharing a story with them first. Then present several different retellings of Jewish stories or legends for students to retell in their own words. Hope these give you a start... Susan Dubin Off-the-Shelf Library Services Northridge, CA Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
