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100 YEARS OF THE KIBBUTZ MOVEMENT
Have you ever thought about living on a kibbutz (kee-BOOTS)? A kibbutz is a type
of living complex that is unique to Israel – kibbutzim don’t exist anywhere else in the
world! And last month, the kibbutz movement celebrated its 100th anniversary at Kibbutz
Degania, the very first kibbutz, close to the southern shore of Lake Kinneret.
In October of 1910, ten Jewish
men and two women decided
to create an “independent
communal community” of Jews
farming in the Jewish homeland.
By “independent” they meant
that the farm would be theirs;
they had no sponsors or partners
to whom they would owe a share
of the profits. But since starting
an agricultural business needs a
lot of equipment and materials,
and no one individual could
afford to get started by him- or
herself, they decided to make it
a “communal” farm: they would
buy the equipment together,
share the work, and share the
profits.
They called themselves ‫ְדַגנְיָה‬
(Degania), based on the Hebrew
word for grain. Eventually they
built their farm in a beautiful
valley near the Jordan River.
Their idea worked well, and over
the next several decades, other
groups of Jews founded kibbutzim
all over Israel, especially in the
Galilee and the Negev. The
families on each kibbutz would
eat their meals together, share
the work of running the kibbutz’s
business, and share decisions
about how to spend the kibbutz’s
money. For example, if their
farm did especially well one
year, they would meet to decide
whether to add another bedroom For example, most kibbutz
to each home, or to expand the members today are allowed to
business, or to buy a car that they own their own property, and their
could take turns using to go on budgets might not all be exactly
vacations. equal. (continued on page 10)
In the early years of the kibbutz
movement, even the children
were shared! Rather than live
with their parents, children
would live in special houses with
other kids their own age, under
supervision of a few adults whose
job it was in the kibbutz to take
care of all the kids. The children
might see their parents only
at dinner time. That way, the
adults could focus on their
work without worrying about
childcare.
However, most of the children
who grew up this way didn’t
like it, and when they reached
adulthood and became kibbutz
leaders, all the kibbutzim started Degania - then...
allowing children to live with
...and now!
their own parents –
but they still have
clubhouses where
the kids do their
homework and have Also, many
activities in the kibbutzim are not in the
afternoons, while agriculture business anymore;
their parents work. they might own a hotel or a
factory, perhaps in addition to a
In the last 30 years, farm. But they are still close-knit
kibbutzim have communities where everyone
changed drastically. knows each other and shares
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 Thanksgiving
Turkey Trivia
Americans celebrate Thanksgiving this year on November 25th.
Impress your friends and family with your knowledge of little-known turkey tidbits.

d e r in g A m e r ic a n Jews
Wa n
e y W h e re v e r T h ey Can!
Get Turk ups of American
for Americans that includ
es
Small gro oes,
Celebrating Thanksgiving ge t tog ether on sliced turkey, mashed potat
oli m oft en
with a turkey feast is such
an
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American holiday.
sta lgi a to fin
to Israel feel such no or
often invite native Israelis, ision
for Thanksgiving that many s fro m aro un d th e Unfortunately, Israeli telev
immigrant
of them make special orders are th e cu sto m, th e stations don’t broadcast
world, to sh but
for whole turkeys at their of co ur se th e th anks! American football games,
foo d, an d et,
supermarkets, a phenomen
on these days, with the intern
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Some restau can
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of
m ha ve ca ug ht moved to Tel Aviv or Haifa
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DID Y
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What’s In A Name? A gro NOW?
up o
turke
In English, the large bird we eat on Tha
nksgiving has the same name as the ys is f
country of Turkey, because when Europe a raf called
ans first discovered the bird in the ter.
New World, they mistakenly thought
it was a guinea-fowl, also known as the
Turkey hen (which was brought to Eur
ope through Turkey).
Many languages, including Hebrew, call
the bird after the country of India. Thi
when America was first discovered, man s might be because
y people thought it was part of Asia –
Asian country. Or it might be because and India is a large
at that time, anything exotic was asso
ciated with India.
In any case, in Hebrew, the bird is not
called ‫( טוּ ְר ְקיָה‬Toork’ya - Turkey), but rath
er ‫( הוֹדוּ‬Hodu - India).

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Four Ways To Cook A Turkey. . .
Looking to do something a little different with your turkey this year?
Your parents might be willing to try one of these preparation methods.

ROASTING (‫ ְצלִייָה‬- tzli’yah): This is the most popular way. Slather some
flavorings all over the turkey, stuff it with bread or vegetables, and bake it
on low heat in your oven for a few hours.

SMOKING (‫ עִישׁוּן‬- ishun): Smoking your turkey changes the taste significantly and results in a juicier bird,
but you’ll need either a food smoker or a grill with a large cover – and about twice as much time. To smoke
turkey, you burn wood close to the meat (but not directly under it) in an enclosed space, so that the turkey
soaks up the taste of the smoke as it heats through.

FRYING (‫ טִיגוּן‬- tigun): If you have a deep fryer large enough for your turkey, and if you don’t mind all the
extra fat from the oil, deep-frying is a great way to cook the turkey fast, and you end up with a bird that is
crispy on the outside and juicy on the inside. It is easy to burn yourself from all the hot oil, so be careful and
maybe do this procedure outdoors.

GRILLING (‫ ְצלִייָה עַל ַהְגרִיל‬- tzli’yah al hagrill): Barbecuing a turkey takes some skill, but your family can find
directions online. You can use a charcoal or gas grill. Give the turkey a few hours to cook completely.

. . . and A Fifth!
In recent years, the Thanksgiving turkey has reached new levels of decadence with
the popularity of the turducken, a chicken stuffed into a duck stuffed into a turkey
and all cooked together. That’s right, three birds in one, with all the bones removed,
so that when you slice through it you get rings of chicken, duck, and turkey meat.
Some people also include sausages in the empty spaces for more flavor and color.

The word “turducken” is a smushing together of the words TURkey, DUCK, and chickEN.
The English name for a word that is created by combining parts of other words is portmanteau
(PORT-man-toe). Examples of portmanteaus in English are brunch (breakfast + lunch),
smog (smoke + fog), skort (skirt + shorts), Gleek (Glee + geek), Twihard (Twilight + diehard)
and Wikipedia (wiki + encyclopedia).

Hebrew has many portmanteaus. Here are a few examples:

‫( ַת ְקלִיט‬takleet - record) + ‫( אוֹר‬or - light) = ‫( ַת ְקלִיטוֹר‬taklitor - CD)
‫( ֶרמֶז‬remez - hint) + ‫( אוֹר‬or - light) = ‫( ַרמְזוֹר‬ramzor - traffic light)
‫( ֶקרֶן‬keren - horn) + ‫( אַף‬aff - nose) = ‫( ַק ְרנַף‬karnaff - rhinoceros)
‫( ַר ֶכּבֶת‬rakevet - train) + ‫( ֶכּבֶל‬kevel - cable) = ‫( ַר ֶכּבֶל‬rakevel - cable car)
‫( חַי‬chai - life) + ‫( זָר‬zar - strange) = ‫( ַחיְזָר‬chaizar - alien)
‫( ַמ ֲחזֶה‬machazeh - play) + ‫( זֶמֶר‬zemer - song) = ‫( ַמ ֲחזֶמֶר‬machazemer - musical)
‫( כַּדוּר‬kadoor - ball) + ‫( ֶרגֶל‬regel - leg) = ‫( כַּדוּ ֶרגֶל‬kadooregel - soccer)
‫( ִמְגדָל‬migdal - tower) + ‫( אוֹר‬or - light) = ‫( ִמְגדַלוֹר‬migdalor - lighthouse)

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 GO, GO, GOLAN!
ZIMZOOM TAKES YOU ON A VIRTUAL TRIP TO ISRAEL’S LUSHEST REGION
GOLAN PAST AND PRESENT
Hilly and green, the Golan
Heights attract 3 million
tourists every year who come to
enjoy its streams and waterfalls,
archeological sites, panoramic
views of Lake Kinneret and the
Syrian mountains, and farms
that offer apple- and cherry-
picking in the fall and spring.
As you can guess from its name,
the Golan Heights area is high
up. The Israeli part of the
Golan covers about 400 square
miles, that on average are over
3,000 feet high. It is the rainiest
part of Israel and provides 15
percent of Israel’s water. It
is also a terrific area to grow
grapes for wine.
In the time of the Bible, the
Golan was settled by the Jewish
tribes of Dan and Menashe.
Since then, very few people
lived there, until the late 1800’s
when the Ottoman (Turkish)
empire solved its refugee
problem by sending people to
live in the Golan.
When the State of Israel was
founded in 1948, the Golan
Heights was part of Syria. This
was unfortunate for Israel
because from the Heights, the
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Syrians could literally look This move to “annex” the
down onto Israel and easily Golan Heights (make it part of
lob rockets onto the Jewish Israel without any negotiations
towns and kibbutzim across the to give Syria something in
border. For many years, Israelis return) was controversial.
in northern Israel lived under Israel says that it needed to
near-constant rocket attack and annex the Heights in order to
spent a lot of time in their bomb have safe borders – after all,
shelters. the Syrians had used the Golan
to launch rockets into Israel.
In 1967, Israel captured the The United Nations says that
Golan Heights in the Six Day it is illegal under international
War. They immediately offered
to give the land back to Syria in
exchange for a peace treaty, but
Syria would not negotiate with
Israel.
Later, after the 1973 Yom
Kippur War, Israel gave a very
small amount of the Golan to
Syria; that strip is now under
the control of the United
Nations. By then, Israel had
started allowing Jews to move
there. Now, about 120,000
people live in the Golan, almost
all of whom are either Druze or
Jewish.
SHOULD ISRAEL RETURN
THE GOLAN TO SYRIA?
In 1981, Israel officially declared
the Golan a part of Israel, and
offered Israeli citizenship to the
many Druze people (see page 7)
who lived there.
law for Israel to keep the Golan
Heights.
MEET THE DRUZE
The Druze are a religious
In the last 10 years, there have community of about 1 million
sometimes been rumors that people who live mostly in Syria
Israel and Syria are making and Lebanon, with a few in
tentative offers for peace Jordan, but 100,000 live in
negotiations, which would northern Israel, in Haifa, the
involve giving some or most Galil, and the Golan. (There
of the Golan Heights back are also communities of Druze
who have moved to the United that Israeli Druze are highly
to Syria. There were actually
States, Canada, and other patriotic. They serve in the
peace talks in the year 2000,
Western countries.) Israeli army, even reaching high
but they broke down because
ranks as army officers. Their
Syria demanded access to Lake
The Druze religion is unusual in dedication to Israel, despite the
Kinneret, and Israel did not
that they do not accept converts fact that they are not Jewish, is
want to give up its control
and they don’t explain much highly appreciated by the Israeli
over such an important water
about their beliefs to outsiders. public.
source. Three years later, Syria
offered to talk again, and Israel Many Druze in Israel consider
themselves “liberal” (which to While the Druze of the Galil
demanded they first disarm
them means “not particularly and Carmel (Haifa) regions
the terrorist group Hezbollah,
religious”), but a large segment consider themselves Israeli,
and that they stop hosting
of the Druze population are the Druze of the Golan are in
Palestinian terrorists – so the
quite religious; only the most a more complicated situation.
talks never happened.
religious among them know all Many of them were separated
the secrets about their faith. from their families in Syria
After the 2006 Israel-Lebanon
when Israel captured the Golan
war, the Israeli prime minister
What we know about the Druze Heights in 1967, and the legality
said that the Golan Heights
faith is that it is monotheistic of Israel’s rule over the Golan
“will remain in Israeli hands
(believing in just one God). is controversial. Therefore, the
forever,” but since then rumors
It split from Islam about a Druze there, especially young
have again arisen that Israel and
thousand years ago. They people born after 1982,
Syria are considering peace talks
believe in the reincarnation of consider themselves neither
– but so have statements from
souls and that when a Druze Israeli nor Syrian. Many
Israeli leaders that they plan to
dies, his soul will come back have refused to take Israeli
hold on to the Golan Heights.
in a Druze baby. Among their citizenship, they are exempt
The vast majority of Israelis
prophets is Yitro (Jethro), the from army service, and their
want to keep the Golan, not
father-in-law of Moshe (Moses). travel papers (not passports,
only because it is beautiful but
since they are not citizens of any
because they do not trust Syria
One of the distinguishing country) label their nationality
to keep an agreement.
characteristics of Druze beliefs as “undefined.” Still, while
– which makes them much their feelings about Israel might
What do YOU think?ve the respected by Israelis – is that be mixed, the Golani Druze
g to gi
Should Israel be willin they believe in supporting have lived peacefully under
offers a good Israeli rule and not engaged in
Golan to Syria if Syria
the government of whatever
peace deal? country they live in. This means violence.

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 GO, GO, GOLAN!
ZIMZOOM TAKES YOU ON A VIRTUAL TRIP TO ISRAEL’S LUSHEST REGION

JEWISH LIFE IN THE GOLAN SITES TO SEE:

Archeologists have uncovered
29 ancient synagogues in the
Golan.
Today, there are 24 Jewish
towns and 10 kibbutzim in the
Golan. Many Jews there own
farms or other food production
businesses, but tourism is also
a big industry. Many people
build cottages on their land
and perhaps a swimming pool,
and rent them out to the many
tourists who come to the Golan.
In the spring, summer and fall,
the tourists go horseback riding
or jeeping, hike in the national
parks, visit wineries, and eat
Druzi food. In the winter, they
go skiing on Mount Hermon.
The largest Jewish town in the
Golan is Katzrin, which has a
population of over 6,000 people
and boasts two shopping malls
and many cultural activities and
museums.
THE BANIAS
The Banias Nature Reserve,
a short distance from the
Syrian border, is considered
one of the most beautiful sites
in all of Israel. Here you can
hike along riverbanks lined
with lush trees and grasses,
gaze at rushing waterfalls,
and explore ancient ruins.
Close to the entrance is the
striking site of five tremendous
gates hewn high into the face
of a rocky hill. These are the
remains of Greek and Roman
temples to the mythological
god Pan, patron of shepherds,
nature, music and theater.
The Banias river is named after
Pan; the Arabs who took over
the area could not pronounce
the “p” sound, so “Panias”
became “Banias.”
Also in the nature reserve are
the awesome remains of a huge
ancient Greek palace, and
an ancient flour mill that is
powered by the river. While
you hike the trails, you’ll smell
the aroma of the mint and figs
that grow in the park, and see
many of the protected
animals that live in the
nature reserve, including the
Syrian rock hyrax, wild boars,
doves, kestrel, and a variety
of birds.
SITES TO SEE:
MOUNT HERMON
The
he top of Mount Hermon
(hair-MONE) is in Syria,
but its slopes, the highest in
Israel at 9,230 feet above
sea level, offer Israel’s only
ski resort, with a variety of
trails and restaurants.
That’s right: Skiing in Israel!
OK, the slopes aren’t as
interesting as the ones in
Colorado or Vermont, but
there is snow, and a chairlift,
and gorgeous views of the
towns and hills below. It is
because the mountain is so

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high that it collects a lot of
water and snow, which drips
down to form rivers and streams
in the Golan and eventually
the Jordan River and Lake
Kinneret. Its height also makes
it a valuable military location
for Israel, since the country can
see and sense threats of attack
from on high.
During the summer, the
Hermon Mountain is a great
place to go hiking. It is full of
wild flowers and herbs, and the
constant temperature changes
between cold in the winter and
warmth in the summer have
created many crevices and
chasms to explore.
WINERIES FOR THE WIN
There aren’t that many good
wines that come from the
Middle East. Growing grapes
that are suitable for high-quality
wine requires very specific
climate and soil conditions.
These conditions can be found
in the Golan.
Before the Golan became part
of Israel, the country had a wine
industry but the quality of the
wine was considered poor. But
in the 1970’s Israel planted the
first vines in the Golan, and
since then the wine business
in Israel, and its reputation,
have grown tremendously.
There are now 200 wineries in
Israel, many of which have won
important wine awards from
around the world. That Israeli
brand you might be using for
Kiddush on Shabbat might also
be served in fancy restaurants.
Eighty percent of Israel’s wines
come from just five wineries.
The biggest producer is the
Golan Heights Winery near the
small city of Katzrin; they make
wines called Gamla (named
after an ancient Golani town),
Golan, and Yarden (after the
Jordan river); you may have
seen these brands on your
Shabbat table. But many Israelis
have opened small “boutique”
wineries that produce only a few
thousand bottles per year.
When you visit the Golan, tour
some of these wineries, learn
more about the art of wine-
making, and (if you are over 18
years old) taste the wines.
Ironically, drinking wine is not
very popular in Israel itself;
culturally, Jews tend not to
consume much alcohol, and
Israel has one of the lowest rates
of alcohol drinking in the world.
So most Israeli wines are sold in
the United States and Europe,
where many wine experts
appreciate the wines’ increasing
quality.
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 (continued from page 3)

2
!‫שׁלִי‬
ֶ ‫ִשׂ ָר ֵאל‬
ְ ‫זוֹ י‬ Also, many kibbutzim are not in
the agriculture business anymore;
This is My Israel! they might own a hotel or a
factory, perhaps in addition to a
farm. But they are still close-knit
.‫ָאל‬ֵ ‫ֲד ִשׁים ְלי ְִשׂר‬
ָ ‫עוֹלים ח‬
ִ ‫ֶפשׁ" ֵמ ִביא‬ ֶ ‫ֶפשׁ ְבּנ‬ ֶ ‫ִא ְרגוּן "נ‬ communities where everyone
knows each other and shares
.‫יוּחד‬
ָ ‫ָמים ֵא ֶלה יֵשׁ ָל ֶהם ְפּרוֹי ְֶקט ְמ‬ ִ ‫ְבּי‬ their resources to a great extent.
."‫ָאל ֶשׁ ִלי‬ֵ ‫ָשׁים ְמ ַצ ְל ִמים ֶאת ַע ְצ ָמם ִעם ֶשׁ ֶלט "זוֹ י ְִשׂר‬
ִ ‫ֲאנ‬
In honor of the 100th
:‫ִהנֵה ֵח ֶלק ֵמ ַה ְתמוּנוֹת‬ anniversary of kibbutzim,
Israelis reconstructed the
shack where the leaders of
K’vutzat Degania (the Degania
Group), who literally planted
the seeds of what would later
become the first kibbutz, lived.
Six thousand people came to
celebrate, including Israeli and
Jewish leaders from around
the world, families who live
on kibbutzim, and the children
and grandchildren of Degania’s
founders.

Mr. Efi Stenzler, a leader in the

Jewish National Fund, called
the shack “not a memorial, but
a road sign that shows us the
way. One hundred years may
have passed, but the shack of
the founders of Degania still
broadcasts the same message:
Only if we believe in our own
strength will we succeed in
maintaining a Jewish country.”

themselves - atzmam - ‫ַע ְצמָם‬ days - yameem - ‫יָמִים‬ ‫שׁלִי‬

ֶ ‫ִשׂ ָר ֵאל‬
ְ ‫זוֹ י‬
sign - shelet - ‫ֶשׁלֶט‬ these - eh'leh - ‫ֵאלֶה‬ organization - irgun - ‫ִארְגוּן‬
here - heeneh - ‫ִהנֵה‬ project - proyect - ‫פְּרוֹיֶקְט‬ brings - meh'vee - ‫ֵמבִיא‬
some, part - chelek - ‫ֵחלֶק‬ special - meyuchad - ‫מְיוּחָד‬ immigrants - oleem - ‫עוֹלִים‬
pictures - tmunot - ‫ ְתמוּנוֹת‬photographing (pl) - metzalmeem - ‫ ְמ ַצ ְלמִים‬new (pl) - chadasheem - ‫ָשׁים‬ ִ ‫ֲחד‬

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ZimZoom Quiz: How Neat Are You?
Read the following questions and choose the answer that best describes you. Check the results on the bottom.
1. What is under your bed?
a. A bin with neatly folded
summer clothes.
b. A few dust bunnies.
c. Socks (‫ ַג ְר ַבּיִים‬- garba’yeem),
used tissues, old notebooks, and
candy wrappers.
2. You have a math test (‫ִמ ְבחָן‬
- mivchan) tomorrow! Your
exercise sheets and notes are...
a. All together, in order.
b. Mixed with other school
notes in a big binder.
c. Scattered around your room,
your locker, and in your BFF’s
backpack (‫ יַלְקוּט‬- yalkoot)...
3. How often do your parents
nag you to clean your room?
a. Never. My room (‫ ֶחדֶר‬-
cheder) is always neat and tidy.
b. About once a week.
c. Several times a week – it’s
never ending nag, nag, nag!
4. Your locker in school is...
a. Organized alphabetically,
with a special section for your
lunch.
b. Not in any particular order,
r-organized an
Mostly A’s: You are supe
ANSWER KEY
but you can always find what
you need within a few seconds.
c. Empty, because you’ve lost
most of your books.
5. Tomorrow is a field trip,
and you forgot to have your
mom sign the permission slip.
Quick – do you know where it
is right now?
a. Yeah, it’s in the top right-
hand drawer of my desk.
b. I think so. If it’s not in my
backpack, then it’s on my desk.
c. Ummm, no.
6. What do you do with your
clothes (‫ ְּבָגדִים‬- bgadeem) when
you take them off at night?
a. Hang up what I can wear
again and put the rest in the
laundry hamper.
b. Dump some of it onto the
back of a chair, and put the rest
in the hamper.
c. Leave them on the floor.
7. Your BFF is coming to sleep
over tomorrow (‫ ָמחָר‬- machar).
How do you feel about having
someone in your room?
d lik e yo ur en vir on me
r oth ers who aren’t as neat as
a. Can’t wait to hang out!
b. I guess I’d better put away a
few things so it’ll look a little
(‫ ְקצָת‬- ktzat) nicer.
c. OMG, I can’t see the floor...
I gotta clean up around here or
we’ll be stepping on my stuff!
8. Your BFF has slept over,
and now you are making
breakfast. After you finish
eating you...
a. Wash and dry the dishes (‫ֵכּלִים‬
- keh’leem) and wipe the table
and counters.
b. Wash the dishes.
c. Go to the
family room
to play on
the Wii.
a
nt to look perfect. This is
you are.

ve so me pa tie nc e fo
as you ha
terrific quality – as long
ough
thi ng 10 0 pe rce nt in its place, but you are neat en
t have every , but not so
Mostly B’s: You might no en yo u ne ed it. Yo u might be a little messy
wh
that you can find what yo
u ne ed
St ep pin g up yo ur ga me will make your life a little
lem in your life.
much that it’s a big prob
have things under control.
easier, but basically you
t
! Yo ur lac k of orga niz ation is having a bad effec
a clutter-bug bits – and
Mostly C’s: You are quite Ta ke sm all ste ps tow ard developing better ha
your lif e. mind (really!).
on your schoolwork and ide a tha t clu tter is a sign of a creative
se lf wi th the
meanwhile comfort your
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Mmmm, It’s Time fo
And now, for a little Elite
There are two things (‫ ְד ָברִים‬- dvareem) that are dangerous to
chocolate: water and heat. Israel doesn’t have a lot of water, but
most of the country is very hot, so you wouldn’t think that a
chocolate company (‫ ֶח ְברָה‬- chevrah) could have thrived here before
the invention of air-conditioning (‫ מִיזוּג‬- meezug) – especially since
there aren’t exactly a lot of cocoa beans around. But those are
exactly the conditions under which Israel first got its most famous
(‫ מְפוּ ְרסָם‬- mefursam) chocolate brand, Elite.

The story of Elite chocolate starts in Russia and Latvia.

In 1933, Eliyahu Fromenchenko, a maker
(‫ יְַצרָן‬- yatz’ran) of confectionaries
(candies) fled those countries and moved
to Ramat Gan, in Palestine.

By 1934 Elite chocolates were in

stores. The most popular was a
chocolate bar with a picture of
a cow on the package, known
to Israelis as ‫( שׁוֹקוֹלָד ָפּרָה‬Shokolad
Para - cow chocolate), but over the
years they introduced other brands that are still famous,
including ‫( מְקוּ ֶפּלֶת‬Mekupelet - folded) and ‫( ֶפּסֶק זְמַן‬Pesek Zman - time out).

For many years, people would go out of their way to pass the Elite factory (‫ ִמ ְפעָל‬- mif’al) so they could
smell the chocolate. Today, Elite is part of a larger food company called Strauss, but it is still most known
for its chocolates, which still have pictures (‫ תְמוּנוֹת‬- tmunot) of cows on the packaging. Elite also sells
coffee (‫ ָקפֶה‬- kafeh) around the world – especially in Central and Eastern Europe and in Brazil – and some
salty snacks.

YOU K NOW ?
DID that makes Elite
Strauss, the company
rules for all its offices
chocolate, has strict d
g good to workers an
worldwide about bein nment. A group in Is
rael
protecting the enviro l
ra te s co mpani es based on their “socia
which
med Strauss #1.
responsibility ” has na

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for Chocolate...
The Chocolate Mountain
Elite isn’t the only chocolate company in Israel. There are many
smaller brands and companies that make fancy chocolates, the kind
that are individually wrapped and sold in pretty boxes.

One such company in the Golan is De Karina Chocolates, located

in Kibbutz Ein Zivan. This company was founded by an immigrant
from Argentina whose family had made chocolate for three
generations. If you visit the Golan, you can tour the De Karina
factory, make your own chocolates, and enjoy
hot and cold chocolate in its little shop.

One of the most popular De Karina products

is a little piece of dark chocolate shaped like
a cone, with a bit of white chocolate
dotted on the top. Can you guess
what it is supposed to be?
(Answer below).

OW ?
U K N
YO
DID r a h o
o l a t e in Isra
t choc der. They pu bar)
el,
t

n yo u orde f ro m a pow te Mekupelet it

Wh e ake it li r
o n’t m ( o f t e n an E p, and cove
the y d col at e our c u
p ie c e of cho bottom of y M i x up the
a e lk . !
into th steamed mi ss and enjoy
wi t h ood n e
h o c o latey g
c

Answer: Mount Hermon. The white chocolate represents the snow. For more on Mount Hermon see page 8.

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 3
!‫ִשׂ ָר ֵאל‬
ְ ‫טוֹב ִל ְחיוֹת ְבּי‬ ...Activity...
On page 5 you learned sev
It’s Good to Live in Israel! Hebrew portmanteaus.
eral
Column A has the Hebre
w words
and Column B has the En
glish
.‫ֲכי טוֹב ִל ְחיוֹת‬
ִ ‫ָמגָזִין "נְיוּזְוִויק" ָבּ ַדק ְבּ ֵאילוּ ְמ ִדינוֹת ה‬ translations.
Can you match up the co
lumns?
.‫ ְמ ִדינוֹת‬100 ‫המגָזִין ָבּ ַדק‬ ָ
1. ‫ַק ְרנַף‬ a. CD
.22-‫נִמ ֵצאת ַבּ ָמקוֹם ַה‬ ְ ‫ָאל‬ֵ ‫י ְִשׂר‬
2. ‫ַחיְזָר‬ b. cable car
.‫נִמ ֵצאת ַבּ ָמקוֹם ָה ִראשׁוֹן‬ ְ ‫ינְלנְד‬
ַ ‫ִפ‬
3. ‫ַר ְמזוֹר‬ c. musical
.14-‫נִמ ֵצאת ַבּ ָמקוֹם ַה‬ ְ ‫ארה"ב‬
4. ‫כַּדוּ ֶרגֶל‬ d. soccer
5. ‫ַת ְקלִיטוֹר‬ e. rhinoceros
is found, is at (f) - nimtzet - ‫נִ ְמצֵאת‬ ‫ִשׂ ָר ֵאל‬
ְ ‫טוֹב ִל ְחיוֹת ְבּי‬
6. ‫ַמ ֲחזֶמֶר‬
place - makom - ‫מָקוֹם‬ checked - badak - ‫ָבּדַק‬ f. traffic light
first - rishon - ‫רִאשׁוֹן‬ in which - beh'elu - ‫ְבּאֵילוּ‬ 7. ‫ִמְג ַדלוֹר‬ g. lighthouse
U.S. - arhab - ‫ארה"ב‬ countries - medinot - ‫ְמדִינוֹת‬ 8. ‫ַר ֶכּבֶל‬ h. alien
the best - hachi tov - ‫ֲהכִי טוֹב‬

Weekly Torah Portion - VaYeshev

‫ֵשׁב‬
ֶ ‫ וַי‬- ‫ַשּׁבוּ ַע‬
ָ ‫ָשׁת ה‬
ַ ‫ָפּר‬
In Parashat Vayeshev we learn that Ya’akov (Jacob) settled in the land
of Canaan with his large family. Many of his sons sold their brother,
Yosef (Joseph), to merchants, who brought Yosef to Egypt as a slave.

The Torah continues with Yosef’s story and all the problems he
experienced in Egypt as a foreign servant. He was framed for a crime
and thrown in prison, but managed to succeed and advance himself,
until he became the second-most powerful person in the country.
Yosef meets his brothers.

Our Sages saw Yosef as a model for how a Jew can succeed in far-flung lands. He stayed true to his
Jewish roots, always remembering his family and traditions, but at the same time helped the Egyptians,
even saving them from the effects of a terrible famine. Through hard work, honesty, intelligence and
faithfulness to G-d, Yosef earned the respect of those around him and overcame his problems.

At the time, Egypt was a world power, a place of almost limitless riches and possibilities, much like the
United States today. Can you think of North American Jews (perhaps in your own community) who
remind you of Yosef? What can we learn from Yosef about how to be a strong Jewish community in
North America?

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Hebrew Slang ‫ְס ֶלנְג ִע ְברִי‬
Hebrew is a living language that is always integrating new words and expressions.
Learn Hebrew slang and use it when you talk. You’ll be speaking like a Sabra in no time!

Janana - ‫ָג‘נָנָה‬
Janana is the feeling of being so irritated you think you are going to lose your mind.
When someone or something is being annoying, it makes other people crazy and
“gives them Janana.”
This word is based on the Arabic word ‫( ַמגְ‘נוּן‬majnun), which is also used in Hebrew.
It means crazy or mixed-up. If something gives you the janana, you are feeling maj’nun.

Here are some examples of this slang in action:

• During the concert, the people sitting around us were screaming the whole time and
really gave us the ‫גָ‘נָנָה‬.
• The bus driver was speeding so recklessly, all the passengers became ‫ ַמגְ‘נוּנִים‬.

Page 8

ANSWERS TO LAST ISSUE’S ACTIVITIES 1-d; 2-a; 3-c; 4-g; 5-f; 6-b; 7-e

y...A ctivity...
...Activity...Activit
Answers to page 12
1-a
in
words that you learned 2-e
Column A has Hebrew glish
Column B has their En 3-b
the article on page 12. lum ns ? 4-c
tch up the co
translations. Can you ma 5-d

COLUMN A COLUMN B Answers to page 15

1-c
1. ‫ְד ָב ִרים‬ a. maker 2-i

2. ‫מִיזוּג‬ b. famous 3-e

4-a

3. ‫ֶח ְברָה‬ c. cow 5-g

6-f
4. ‫ְמפוּ ְרסָם‬ d. air-conditioning 7-j
8-d
5. ‫שׁוֹקוֹלָד‬ e. chocolate 9-b
10 - h
6. ‫ָפּרָה‬ f. coffee

7. ‫ָקפֶה‬ g. company Answers to page 16

1. ‫ֶס ְפּ ֶט ְמבֶּר‬

8. ‫ִמ ְפעָל‬ h. pictures 2. ‫נְיוּ יוֹרְק‬

3. ‫פְלוֹרִידָה‬
9. ‫יְַצרָן‬ i. things 4. ‫ַקמְפּוּס‬
5. ‫אַ ְרכֵאוֹלוְֹגיָה‬
10. ‫ְתמוּנוֹת‬ j. factory the next issu
e 6. ‫ֶגּנֶאוֹלוְֹגיָה‬
answers in
Check your 7. ‫קוּל‬
8. ‫סִינִי‬

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 r e w Already
Heb Yo u
Kn ow ...
Many words in Asia aas’ya ‫אַ ְסיָה‬
Hebrew actually
Turkey toork’ya ‫טוּ ְר ִקיָה‬
come from other
languages. Here democracy demo’kra’tya ‫דֵמוֹ ְק ַר ְטיָה‬
are some words grill greel ‫ְגרִיל‬
in Hebrew that
barbecue baarr’bee’kyu ‫ַבּ ְרבִּיקְיוּ‬
are very similar
to English words. internet een’terr’net ‫אִינְ ֶט ְרנֶט‬
Read the Hebrew puzzle paazel ‫פָּאזֶל‬
words first.
Can you figure out focused (v) mefukaseem ‫מְפוּ ָקסִים‬
what they mean? drastic draas’tee ‫ְד ַר ְסטִי‬

i t y . . . A c t i v i ty...
c t i v i t y. . . A c tiv
...A m an
se d on En
y words in Heb
gl is h words. The text
rew are ba
t
below is

H
t above.
eb rew words from
the lis
ab ov e, th e co rr ec
As you read aces with
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mis si month.
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We learn ab
vo ri te school subject. t called
Geography is m y fa
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a fu n cl as s w here we did diffe of pi eces so we really
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My teach sia - ther
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together a (5. __ Check your answ

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had to be (6. __