A Compassionate Spin on a Hanukkah Tale: The Story Behind Writing Tizzy the Dizzy Dreidel
Posted by Allison & Wayne Marks on 11/7/2022 to
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When we sat down to write our first Hanukkah picture book, we began with a question: How would you feel if you were a dreidel who always got passed over during the holiday fun? Tizzy —a hopeful but balance-impaired dreidel—anticipates
My Iraqi Jewish Bangle
Posted by Sarah Sassoon on 11/3/2022 to
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I love to wear my grandmother’s bangle because it identifies me as Iraqi. People stop me to ask, “Are you Iraqi? My mother, my grandmother had a bangle exactly like that.” And they join me in remembering where we come from.
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