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12A February 2020 FEDERATION NEWS

PJ Library Hanukkits

light up classrooms!

Staff Report
econd-graders at Fruitville Ele- what each one represents.
mentary were delighted to learn Students in Chipurnoi’s classroom
Sabout the holiday of Hanukkah shared that they were not familiar with
in their classroom, using PJ Library Hanukkah before they learned about it
Hanukkits. in school, and all agreed that it was fun
Here’s the story behind the Hanuk- to learn about other holiday traditions!
Every month, PJ Library sends
2019-2020 kits. Mary Collier, a PJ Library parent more than 650,000 free Jewish books
and Jewish Federation volunteer, rec-
TOR C H children in public schools to the holi- dren ages 6 months through 8 years
TORCH
ognized a need early on to introduce
to families around the world with chil-
day of Hanukkah. With three children
old. PJ Library shares stories that cel-
ebrate Jewish values, culture and tradi-
of her own, she had been invited into
SPONSORS
SP O NS O R S * their classrooms to share Hanukkah tion, all at no cost to families.
traditions each year, and wanted to
For more information about PJ
Library, or PJ Our Way (for children
make it easy for other parents to do
the same. So Mary approached Andrea
941.552.5308 or aeiffert@jfedsrq.org.
Eiffert, local PJ Library Coordinator, ages 9-12), contact Andrea Eiffert at
about her idea, and the Hanukkit initia-
tive was born.
Edie and David Chaifetz A Hanukkit contains materials that
Leon R. and Margaret M. Ellin make sharing Hanukkah traditions easy
for parents, including a PJ Library Ha-
Debbie and Larry Haspel nukkah book, dreidels, gelt and game
Rosenthal Roots Family Foundation instructions. The Hanukkits have been
very popular for the past two years,
Sylvia and Norman Samet selling out of supplies both years.
Bunny and Mort Skirboll Enter Fruitville Elementary. An-
Second-grade students at Fruitville
Hadassah and Martin Strobel other local PJ Library parent, Michala Elementary School enjoy playing dreidel
Chipurnoi, a second-grade
Lois Stulberg teacher at Fruitville El-
ementary School, took the
Hanukkit to a new level,
purchasing a kit for each
We offer our very deep appreciation of the eight second-grade
to our 2019-20 Season Torch Sponsors! classrooms at the school,
They support our Federation’s efforts to bring quality and incorporating it into
events and programs to our local community and help her lessons about holiday
fund crucial services for people in need here in traditions around the world.
Sarasota-Manatee, in Israel and around the world. None of her 17 students cel-
ebrate Hanukkah at home,
but they all enjoyed playing
the dreidel game in school,
even learning the Hebrew PJ Library parent and teacher Michala Chipurnoi
*As of 11/11/19 letters on the dreidel and with her Fruitville Elementary School second-grade class

Re-Live the Fun!

TRADITION: A Movie and Chinese

On December 25th, 200 people merrily packed the Beatrice Friedman Theater to participate in the first...
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TRADITION: A Movie and Chinese
TRADITION: A Movie and Chinese
...TRADITION: A Movie and Chinese event hosted by The Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee.

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