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Who is this Shmelf the Hanukkah Elf? | My Jewish Learning
Nov 21, · Shmelf the Hanukkah Elf [Greg Wolfe, Howard McWilliam] on blogger.com *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. In this delightfully inventive holiday tale, an elf named Shmelf takes a journey from the North Pole and discovers all the joys of Hanukkah. Shmelf is one of Santa's most important elves. He's part of the List Checking department/5(). We LOVE Shmelf the Hanukkah Elf. We will be addressing letters to him at the North Pole, care of the big guy in red of course. But YAY for finding a way to include Hanukkah in the secular story of Christmas and connecting Jewish kids in the fun fairy-tale-world of Santa and his elves. Thank you! Thank you! And the illustrations are wonderful!/5. "Shmelf the Hanukkah Elf'" author, Greg Wolfe, hopes it will bridge the divide between Hanukkah and Christmas for children this year, when the two holidays coincide for the first time since Author: Allison Slater Tate.
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As a Jewish author, I'm so disappointed with Bloomsbury. This book disrespects Jewish tradition and culture, rather that celebrating our very rich and miraculous history. What a wonderful podcast this week. I will reserve judgment about this particular book until after I have read it myself, but--in general--I find depictions of Hanukah as the Jewish Christmas to be highly insensitive.
I find it so problematic that I insist on wishing people with whom I interact commercially during the month of December a "Merry Christmas" rather than "Happy Holidays" so as not to perpetuate the equation of the two festivals. Thank you for this episode! Wonderful podcast! I was particularly impressed by the point Rachel made that it was the elf and Santa who decided that Jewish kids need Christmas, despite the fact that the Jewish family was seen as happily enjoying their own holiday.
Talk about religious insensitivity! When my own children were young, we had a neighbor who told them, "Santa said he couldn't come to your house, so he left your presents at my house. The book seems to convey that same sentiment of pity. Thank you, Rachel and Kathy, for speaking so eloquently about the issues this book brings up. Great interview!
It is too bad that the author is not commenting so we can hear his thinking, but I assume he just thinks it is all in good fun, like a Hanukkah Harry skit on Saturday Night Live. I guess the difference is that little children are involved and the not so subtle message to them is It is possible that children will feel more included this way, because this is the way I was raised by my secular Jewish parents, who did not want me to feel left out.
But in my case, upon reaching my teens, I figured out who I was and actually blamed my parents for choosing that route and accused them of lack of pride in our Jewish heritage. They agreed with me that it was just a stupid thing to do and that their embrace of Christmas rituals a tree, stockings, going to see Santa was a lapse of their own parenting and they really had no excuse for it other than fear of their kids being left out of things, shmelf the hanukkah elf download pdf.
It was all strange, because most of our family friends were Jewish also. So I understand some of the reasoning behind co-opting what are secular American rituals around the Christmas holiday, but they still are Christmas rituals and have nothing to do with the rich and shmelf the hanukkah elf download pdf rituals of Jewish life.
Wishing others success with grass-roots efforts elsewhere! The Horn Book blog, Family Reading, shmelf the hanukkah elf download pdf, asked me to write a post about recommended books that introduce the story and customs of Hanukkah; that help Jewish children deal with Christmas envy; and that authentically and sensitively depict interfaith or multi-faith families.
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Sep 27, · ‘Shmelf the Hanukkah Elf,’ a new picture book about one of Santa’s helpers who learns about the traditions of Hanukkah, takes the wrong approach to educating children about the holidays. We LOVE Shmelf the Hanukkah Elf. We will be addressing letters to him at the North Pole, care of the big guy in red of course. But YAY for finding a way to include Hanukkah in the secular story of Christmas and connecting Jewish kids in the fun fairy-tale-world of Santa and his elves. Thank you! Thank you! And the illustrations are wonderful!/5. Shmelf realizes Hanukkah is a great holiday and returns to the North Pole to talk to the big guy himself: Santa Claus. Impressed by Shmelf’s caring about the Jewish children, Santa appoints him a Jewish elf. Now dressed in blue and white, Shmelf will set off with his Author: Laura Baum.
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