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A Tale of Two Seders
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When her parents get divorced, a little girl is worried about many things, including how she will celebrate the Jewish holidays in two different households. The holiday of Passover gives her a chance to celebrate separately with each parent. Over the course of three years and six seders, she and her family work to adjust to this new world, creating happy new lives and new family traditions.
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Mindy Avra Portnoy
Mindy Avra Portnoy is the author of several books, including Where Do People Go When They Die? and Matzah Ball: A Passover Story. She is a graduate of Yale University and was ordained at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. She is the Rabbi of Temple Sinai in Washington, D.C.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This book was phenomenal! The most obvious reason why I enjoyed it was because it is about a Jewish family! I am Jewish, and the characters are Jewish! I already related to the book as soon as I read the title. I love all the references to Jewish food like Afikomen and charoset.Another reason I liked this book was because of the plot. There are certain parts in this book that are very realistic to a divorce. In one of the seders, the dad has a new girlfriend. This is something that a child of a divorced family may have to cope with. The fact that they involved this type of situation into the book is so awesome.The main idea of this book is that even in a divorce, a child still has both parents. The parents can try to get along for the sake of the child.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5A young girl must cope with newly divorced parents in this Passover story about friends, family, and holiday traditions. Unlike Thanksgiving, when she is forced to choose, the two Seders of Passover allow her to spend time with both her mother and father. Chronicling the first three years after the divorce, the girl describes her Seder experiences - spending time with her mother's friends, meeting her father's new girlfriend - until finally her parents decide that the whole family should celebrate together once again.The holidays can be a difficult time for children who have experienced loss, whether that be the death of a loved one, or the dissolution of their parents' marriage, so I appreciated the fact that Mindy Avra Portnoy addressed that issue in A Tale of Two Seders. I liked her use of charoset as a metaphor for getting the Passover celebration just right - in all of the six Seders that the girl participates in during the three years following the divorce, the charoset is always missing one ingredient or another, reflecting the absence of important people at each Seder. I also liked the inclusion of various charoset recipes at the rear. The colorful artwork, done by Argentine illustrator Valeria Cis, who also worked on The Beeman, had a quirky appeal. Recommended to young reader looking for contemporary Passover stories.