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Indlæser... A Rosh Hashanah walk (udgave 1987)af Carol Levin, Katherine Kahn (Illustrator)
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A group of children take a Rosh Hashanah walk and learn about the custom of "tashlich" which means to "throw one's sins into the water and ask for forgiveness for the New Year." No library descriptions found. |
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Published in 1987, A Rosh Hashanah Walk is one of a number of picture-books to address the custom of Tashlich, traditionally performed at Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. More recent examples would be April Halprin Wayland's New Year at the Pier: A Rosh Hashanah Story and Susan Schnur's Tashlich at Turtle Rock. Eric A. Kimmel's powerful Gershon's Monster: A Story for the Jewish New Year also touches upon this practice. Unfortunately, although I was interested to read Carol Levin's story, I found it fairly weak and unappealing. Written partly in rhyme, and partly in prose, the text here felt awkward, particularly when switching between the two, and the narrative itself was unremarkable and uninspiring. The accompanying artwork from Katherine Janus Kahn, who also illustrated Sylvia A. Rouss's Sammy Spider series about the Jewish holidays, is done in an interesting style that mixes photographic and other paper elements. I didn't find it particularly appealing, from an aesthetic perspective, although I was moved by the scene in which the children see the twin towers of the World Trader Center from across the river. That's a sight that is not to be seen today.
All in all, this wasn't particularly impressive, and is not one I would particularly recommend. It isn't terrible, but there are better titles (see above) out there with this theme. ( )