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Children's Hanukkah story promotes tolerance and diversity

Whether you have a child who is the only Jewish child in a classroom adorned by Christmas decorations, or you want your child to better understand how it feels to be that single child, please read the Hanukkah story, "Freedom Doesn't Just Come Along with a Tree." Beautifully illustrated, in this holiday poem that starts as a twist on the classic Night Before Christmas poem, the mother is proud of her son who becomes the catalyst for tolerance and change. Through his youthful innocence, he…See More

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"Cancer Time Bomb" Author event at Petaluma Copperfield's

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"Cancer Time Bomb" Author event at Petaluma Copperfield's at Sonoma County

October 6, 2012 from 1:30pm to 3:30pm

Sonoma County Author Joelle Burnette will be signing her new book, “Cancer Time Bomb: How the BRCA Gene Stole My Tits and Eggs.” Joelle tells what it was like to have prophylactic surgeries after testing positive for the BRCA genetic mutation. She chronicled her 3-year odyssey as she justified slicing away healthy parts of her body (ovaries and breasts) that had high odds of producing cancer. All the while, her sister was facing her second breast cancer while her father’s health deteriorated.…See More

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Age: 46

Relationship Status: married

What's your ethnicity?: Jewish

What's your level of observance?: Conservative, Reform

What's your favorite Jewish food?: my latkes

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Children's Hanukkah story promotes tolerance and diversity

Posted on November 30, 2012 at 12:52pm 0 Comments 0 Likes

Whether you have a child who is the only Jewish child in a classroom adorned by Christmas decorations, or you want your child to better understand how it feels to be that single child, please read the Hanukkah story, "Freedom Doesn't Just Come Along with a Tree."

Beautifully illustrated, in this holiday poem that starts as a twist on the classic Night Before Christmas poem, the mother is proud of her son who becomes the catalyst for tolerance and change. Through his youthful…

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