creative jewish mom

Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!

Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks for joining me here! Phew, what a week it has been, and on shabbat we ran to the bomb shelter multiple times, and while we heard the good news on shabbat via non Jews, that some of the evil in the world has been extinguished, the confirmation just a half an hour ago was such a sigh of relief. Now maybe the citizens of Lebanon who've been hijacked by terror can live in peace along side us! Features from last week's party coming soon. Okay, I'm back after more crazy and scary days here in Northern Israel, to share the features before we start the holiday of Rosh HaShana, the Jewish New Year, which is always two days, and this year is back to back with Shabbat, so we'll be having 3 unplugged days.......maybe not exactly as we'd planned but the holiday goes on, so wishing everyone an amazing Rosh HaShana!

Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!

Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks for joining me here! With Rosh Hashana just around the corner followed by more holidays, now is the time to get crafting, or in my case, painting in order to take my Succah up to another level this year with giant prints of new paintings......I hope, but if not, then next year! As I write this we've been told by our mayor to stay close to a bomb shelter, which in our case, since our house was built after 1991, we have a bomb shelter room in the house, so we are sleeping there tonight in order to get a good night's sleep! Big sigh, and nothing really seems all that important when war is staring us in the face here in Northern Israel, not to mention everything going on in the South. But yes, life goes on and my answer is creativity, both with crafting classes I'm giving at no charge to school age boys, and everything that goes into this blog! So enjoy the features from last week's party, and get crafting!

Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!

Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks so much for joining me here! With Rosh HaShana coming up in just a few weeks, and more holidays to follow it is a busy time crafting wise, indeed! i have now agreed to craft with my group of 9 year old boys on both Sunday and Monday evening, as they had so much fun with two sessions this week, I just couldn't say no! In any case now is the time to grab them before they loose their little boy innocence and may not find my jokes, or crafts all that interesting? So the good news is that I'm doing lots of crafts on account of my students, and while I may not exactly display them in my home, I certainly will be sharing them here on the blog, so stay tuned! In the mean time, enjoy the amazing features from last week's party!

Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!

Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks for joining me here! Summer vacation is over, and back to school also means getting ready for the Jewish Holiday Season which includes Rosh HaShana, Yom Kippur and Succot......This year I'm planning on Succah decor that is totally different from previous years, though involves creating art that will be printed on canvas and crafting lots of strings of leaves of all kinds......the main thing is that we've recently re-stuccoed our courtyard walls that are also succah walls, and I just can't bear to start making holes with nails and such, which in itself creates new parameters, I'll keep you posted. In the meantime I re-starting my crafting classes with school age boys who are anxious to get back to work, so very sweet, and with a huge bag of plastic bottles needing to be put to good use, we have our work cut out for us, making succah decorations and maybe some plastic bottle apples. Okay, so much to do! Enjoy the wonderful features from last week's party!

Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!

Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday! Thanks so much for joining me here. School has now started for most kids here in Israel, and tomorrow is Rosh Chodesh Elul, the first day of the Jewish month of Elul, a serious month spent preparing for Rosh HaShana by working on ourselves and by building exciting for the holidays with kids through crafting and creativity. The little boys with whom I've been crafting are anxious to get back to work and even knocked on my door to ask when we will be meeting again, so sweet! What can I say, with so much evil in the world the only answer is to bring joy to others where possible, and of course get crafting! Enjoy the features from last week's party!

Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!

Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks for joining me here! Fall is coming which means so is the Jewish holiday season, so time to get crafting before the rush begins! Because of the crafting classes I started for boys, I actually already made a nice number of succah decorations, though I have some very crafty dreams for this year's succah, something completely different but quite a bit of work, so I need to get started! The thing is now is summer vacation and I just want to do the things I'd usually do this time of year when on vacation in the USA. So if my stay cation means not making those Succah decorations but instead painting, so be it! Okay, let's take a look at the features from last week's party!

Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!

Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks so much for joining me here! Here in Israel we are now in the official three week period between Tisha B'Av and the start of the month of Elul which is the summer vacation period. This year is very different for most families unfortunately, as due to security issues and that the North of the country usually the vacation destination is either off limits or not exactly desirable due to the proximity to Lebanon. So, while my mountain town would usually be bustling with visitors, it is eerily quiet, and most folks wouldn't feel safe here, I feel the safest here and worry about traveling elsewhere, sigh. So, this summer we are devoting time to crafting and making decorations for the succah, among other things, and just trying to stay positive and creative some sort of feeling of vacation for the kids that have been working really hard in school all year and really need it. Okay, lets take a look at the features from last week's party!

Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!

Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks so much for joining me here! As the most solemn day of the year on the Jewish calendar approaches (Monday night) together with the uncertain security and scary times around the world, all I can say is my response is to keep busy with creative projects, and to give back to my community by holding craft classes for grade school children at no cost. And since I won't be traveling anywhere out of the country this year, and traveling in general in the country isn't really advised, I will be delving into lots of creativity with my 19 year old son, who will be home, and with local kids, who will surely welcome the chance to do something they love. I also treated myself to some jewelry gage wire and some patterns to crochet wire fruit for the succah, which I'm looking forward to! Ah yes, that and hopefully delving into Hebrew calligraphy, stay tuned for that! Okay, lets take a look at the features from last week's party!

Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!

Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday! Very scary times right now in Israel and in the world at large, and my only answer is to add more joy to the world with crafting and creativity. I've starting crafting with kids again, two smallish groups of grade school boys for now, and wow it so very very fulfilling! I have fun conversations with them, introduce them to a wide range of ideas and very often pick up on things that are bothering them or that their parents might need to know about. So yes indeed crafting in itself is therapy and great for relieving stress, so excuse me while I go pull out the watercolors, as there is a new Painting Sunsets in 6 strokes on Skillshare that I must try out, you can too! Please share your latest and thanks for joining me here!

Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!

Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks so much for joining me here! We are now in another mourning period on the Jewish calendar, called "the three weeks" namely the weeks leading up to the Ninth of Av, which is the day in which the Holy Temple was destroyed. And now thousands of years later it is not the Romans that want to wipe up out, but our neighbors and the terrorists dwelling in their lands.....so much evil is really truly difficult to process, but art and craft is a certainly a great way to ease the stress and even process trauma. I have started two small craft groups with grade school aged boys, and it is truly wonderful! One father told my husband today that it is literally a lifesaver for his son, and that if I get a location to expand, he will build all the cabinetry, as he is a carpenter by trade. Wow, better get on it! In the mean time, enjoy the features from last week's party!