Be Like the Moon
Posted by Kar-Ben on 9/19/2022 to
High Holidays
Before there was a set calendar for the Jewish year, the beginning of a new month would be declared by the Jewish court when the new moon emerged in the sky. To let the people know, fires would be set on hilltops. Today, as in
Behind the Scenes of The Button Box
Posted by on 7/14/2022 to
Meet a Kar-Ben Author
Co-authors of The Button Box , Bridget Hodder and Fawzia Gilani-Williams, discuss their hopes for their new middle-grade novel about cousins, one Jewish and one Muslim, who travel back in time to ancient Morocco. Where did you get the
Different and the Same: Passover Around the World
Posted by Kar-Ben Team on 3/1/2022 to
Passover
It is said that in
every generation we are meant to see ourselves as if we had personally
experienced the Exodus from Egypt. The themes of Passover are
timeless and universal: freedom, hope, and renewal. In different
The Past and the Future Are Branches of the Same Tree
Posted by Kar-Ben Team on 3/1/2022 to
Abraham Joshua Heschel was a civil rights activist as well
as a rabbi. When he marched with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in Selma, Alabama,
Heschel famously said, “I felt my legs were praying.”
When Carter G. Woodson planted
Soup Can Still Cure the Winter Blahs
Posted by Kar-Ben Team on 3/1/2022 to
A pot of soup or stew simmering on the stove can make the
whole house feel cozy on a cold winter day, which explains why January is
National Soup Month.
In 1765, a French entrepreneur named Boulanger opened the first
modern restaurant.
Tu B’Shevat Comes Early this Year, the Time to Say “Thank You” to the Trees
Posted by Kar-Ben Team on 3/1/2022 to
We need trees. They take our carbon dioxide and give us back fresh
oxygen to breathe. The tree is a symbol of the continuity of life. Many people
plant a tree to celebrate a new life or to commemorate one that has passed. We
talked about our
Sometimes A Woman Just Needs a Bicycle
Posted by Kar-Ben Team on 3/1/2022 to
Gloria Steinem once said that “A woman
needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle.” Well, sometimes a woman just needs a
bicycle. According to the legendary Susan B. Anthony, the bicycle did more
to emancipate women than “anything else in the
Stronger Together
Posted by Kar-Ben Team on 3/1/2022 to
Tu B'Shevat
In the summer of 1964, the disappearance and murder of
three young civil rights activists in rural Mississippi shocked the country.
The boys were volunteers with the Freedom Summer Project. One was James Chaney,
a local African-American from