Join In: Teacher`s Book 2 - 46 с. ISBN 0-521-77516-7 ~91.03.26 063

БЂњIn the early 1950s,БЂ«he recalled, БЂњour congregationБЂ™s kids used to wrap their Jewish books in brown paper before they got on the bus. Remember, to many around here, we were the first Jewish people they had ever seen.БЂ«Did that make for some strange moments? He chuckled. БЂњOh, yes. I remember one time a congregant came to me all upset, because her son, the only Jewish boy in his class, had been cast in the schoolБЂ™s Christmas play. And they cast him as Jesus. БЂњSo I went to the teacher. I explained the dilemma. And she said, БЂBut thatБЂ™s why we chose him, Rabbi. Because Jesus was a Jew!БЂ™БЂ«I remembered similar incidents. In elementary school, I was left out of the big, colorful Christmas productions of БЂњGod Rest Ye Merry GentlemenБЂ«or БЂњJingle Bells.БЂ«Instead, I had to join the schoolБЂ™s few other Jewish kids onstage, as we sang the Hanukah song, БЂњDreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel, I Made It Out of Clay.БЂ«We held hands and moved in a circle, imitating a spinning top. No props. No costumes ...»