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The Charlotte Jewish News - April 2016 - Page 28 Levine-Sklut Judaic Library and Resource Center Babies in the Library A brand new generation is learning to love the Levine-Sklut Judaie Library. Every Thursday morning, the library is buzzing with babies, toddlers, moms, dads, nannies, and grandmas. This free program - ealled “Come with Me to the Library” (formerly known as Playdate and Rhythm, Rhyme and Storytime) - is eo-sponsored by PJ Library, the Levine-Sklut Judaie Library, and the Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte. Every week our littlest library- goers (ages six months to two years) love playing and exploring. On alternative weeks, the ehildren enjoy the age-appropriate stories, finger plays, and songs with “Miss Debby” Bloek. What a wonderful way for young ehildren to learn to assoei- ate books and literature with fun. For more information on this elass, please eontaet Debby Bloek at dbloek@shalomeharlotte.org or 704-944-6780.^ A 19th-Century Parody Haggadah for Schoolteachers 11K ■ Je w i lil 1ecle ra I ion OF GREATER CHARLOTTE By Sara Verskin (Jewniverse via JTA) - Do your bosses and elients oppress you? Have you spent years getting an edueation only to enter a low-pay ing, low-status profession? If so, this Haggadah is for you. Published in 19th-eentury Odessa, Sefer Hagadah La- Melamdim (The Schoolteachers ’ Haggadah), is eomplete with the laws, liturgy, and eommentaries of traditional Haggadahs. But this parody playfully reeonfigures the text so it tells a different story. The oppressed is not the Israelite but the melammed, the Hebrew sehoolteaeher. The oppressors are not the pharaohs but the ba ’ale ha-battim, the parents and sehool board members. This Haggadah’s Four Ques tions ask: “WTiy is teaehing differ ent from all other professions?” The answer? “In all other professions, non experts are never haughty toward the professionals, but with teaeh ing, boys and girls and everyone else interferes and imposes as though it was their duty.” The downtrodden author ex plains: If we eould have earned a deeent living, but did not get any respeet, dayenu. If we eould have been given some respeet, but did not earn a livelihood, dayenu. mjn 'aijf onS p«n *1^ ■m But, as it is, having neither, we must pray to God to save us from our servitude and to help us exit the profession.” Of eourse, there were some es- eapes. Daniel Chwolson eon- verted to Christianity in 1855 and went on to beeome a professor of Oriental languages. Asked if he eonverted out of eonvietion, Joseph Telushkin reeounts, Chwolson answered: “Yes, out of the eonvietion that it is better to be a professor in St. Petersburg than a melammed in Eishyshok.” ^ Jewniverse is a daily email list and blog featuring extraordinary, inspirational, forgotten, and just- plain-strange dispatches from Jewish culture, tradition and his tory. Sign up at www.TheJewni- verse.com. Where Each Child Excels CJDS Charlotte Jewish Day School Make CJDS Your Neighborhood School! Our small class size and ability to differentiate instruction allow our students to succeed and thrive. Not only did our students outperform ERB national norms for mastery in math, reading and writing, they consistently met or exceeded other independent school students in these same content areas. To arrange your private tour, contact: Mariashi Groner, Director 704.366.4558 • mgroner@cjdsschool.org CJDSchool.org | 704.366.4558 a strong academic foundation for living jewishly Funded by I Jewish Federation I Sawyi OF GREATER CHARLOTTE |
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