About Holidays Around the World: Celebrate Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur
Celebrate Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur examines how these Jewish High Holy Days are celebrated worldwide. Rosh Hashanah, known as the Jewish New Year, is a time for reflection and resolution. On Yom Kippur, also called the Day of Atonement, Jews fast, pray, and ask God’s forgiveness for their sins. Deborah Heiligman’s lively first-person text introduces readers to the sounding of the shofar, the holidays’ greeting cards, prayers, and special foods. Rabbi Shira Stern’s informative note puts the High Holy Days into wider historical and cultural context for parents and teachers.
National Geographic supports K-12 educators with ELA Common Core Resources. Visit www.natgeoed.org/commoncore for more information.
About Holidays Around the World: Celebrate Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur
Celebrate Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur examines how these Jewish High Holy Days are celebrated worldwide. Rosh Hashanah, known as the Jewish New Year, is a time for reflection and resolution. On Yom Kippur, also called the Day of Atonement, Jews fast, pray, and ask God’s forgiveness for their sins. Deborah Heiligman’s lively first-person text introduces readers to the sounding of the shofar, the holidays’ greeting cards, prayers, and special foods. Rabbi Shira Stern’s informative note puts the High Holy Days into wider historical and cultural context for parents and teachers.
National Geographic supports K-12 educators with ELA Common Core Resources. Visit www.natgeoed.org/commoncore for more information.
About Holidays Around the World: Celebrate Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur
Using beautiful, dynamic photographs and lively text, this book introduces young readers to the holidays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, showing how Jewish people around the world celebrate them. This book also offers fascinating facts, a recipe, and a Common Core-aligned activities.
National Geographic supports K-12 educators with ELA Common Core Resources. Visit www.natgeoed.org/commoncore for more information.
About Holidays Around the World: Celebrate Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur
Celebrate Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur examines how these Jewish High Holy Days are celebrated worldwide. Rosh Hashanah, known as the Jewish New Year, is a time for reflection and resolution. On Yom Kippur, also called the Day of Atonement, Jews fast, pray, and ask God’s forgiveness for their sins. Deborah Heiligman’s lively first-person text introduces readers to the sounding of the shofar, the holidays’ greeting cards, prayers, and special foods. Rabbi Shira Stern’s informative note puts the High Holy Days into wider historical and cultural context for parents and teachers.
National Geographic supports K-12 educators with ELA Common Core Resources. Visit www.natgeoed.org/commoncore for more information.
Deborah Heiligman is an award-winning author of numerous children’s books. She specializes in simplifying complex subjects for young people, particularly in the areas of science and social studies. Heiligman writes fiction as well as nonfiction for both early readers and middle-grade… More about Deborah Heiligman
About Deborah Heiligman
Deborah Heiligman is an award-winning author of numerous children’s books. She specializes in simplifying complex subjects for young people, particularly in the areas of science and social studies. Heiligman writes fiction as well as nonfiction for both early readers and middle-grade… More about Deborah Heiligman
About Deborah Heiligman
Deborah Heiligman is an award-winning author of numerous children’s books. She specializes in simplifying complex subjects for young people, particularly in the areas of science and social studies. Heiligman writes fiction as well as nonfiction for both early readers and middle-grade… More about Deborah Heiligman
About Deborah Heiligman
Deborah Heiligman is an award-winning author of numerous children’s books. She specializes in simplifying complex subjects for young people, particularly in the areas of science and social studies. Heiligman writes fiction as well as nonfiction for both early readers and middle-grade… More about Deborah Heiligman
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