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At last! In book form! A collection of some popular Jewish children's plays, known also for their fund-raising successes! PLAYS FOR JEWISH CHILDREN written byPaulette Fein Lieberman-"pioneering author" of THE ADVENTURES OF TORAHMAN AND MITZVAHBOY, TORAHWOMAN AND MITZVAHGIRL and other unique projects- have been used to inspire and involve large or small groups of children and adults, worldwide! The urgent themes make these 9 plays of special interest to: teachers,educators,youth workers,community groups,yeshivas, Hebrew Schools, and camps. A must to engage young people and delight readers! Help Jewish children explore their traditional problems, educational issues and subjects through an interactive blend of adventure and fantasy with humor and drama. During private or open group readings,or/and performances, Jewish children also explore and learn the true value of friendship, kindness and making important decisions. Provide instant assemblies fostering inspiration and community-requiring minimum preparation! The 9 plays' escapades motivate a need for reflection time, with additional interest in resources and activities to follow up with!

'Fustat Egypt which sits on the River Nile' - this is how the Jews called their city. Coalition and opposition, power struggles between leaders who were aided by local Jewish pressure groups and abetted by the Muslim authorities - these were a few of the characteristics of the leadership in the Jewish community of Fustat, the largest and liveliest of the Jewish communities in the eleventh century. The author follows the activities of these leaders and analyzes their motives in the light of the complex relationships developing in the community between the different ethnic groups, while in the background the traditional centers of Jewish authority in Palestine and Babylon battle each other for control of the Jewish people. The survey of the dramatic events was made by analysis of documents and letters from the Geniza in Cairo.

The citrus industry of Palestine has often been associated with the myths and ideals of the Labor Movement and its Zionist-Socialist ideology. The Jaffa orange, like the young pioneer and the collective kibbutz, was emblematic of a colonizing meta-narrative that marginalized or even denounced the private entrepreneurs—both Arabs and Jews—who were the true founders and proponents of the flourishing citrus industry in Palestine. California Dreaming reveals that these private entrepreneurs regarded the California citrus industry as their primary model of emulation. Utilizing an innovative multidisciplinary approach, Nahum Karlinsky vividly reconstructs the social fabric, economic structure, and ideological tenets of the Jewish citrus industry of Palestine in the early twentieth century. Also accentuated is the role of Palestinian-Arab citrus growers, whose industry predated that of their Jewish counterparts, and the complex relationship between the two national sectors that operated side by side.