{"id":26775,"date":"2017-11-17T03:44:49","date_gmt":"2017-11-17T11:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/?p=26775"},"modified":"2017-11-20T23:09:42","modified_gmt":"2017-11-21T07:09:42","slug":"step-aside-fried-latkes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/2017\/11\/17\/step-aside-fried-latkes\/","title":{"rendered":"Step aside fried latkes"},"content":{"rendered":"

My younger brother has one main rule for my nieces, who are 6 and 4 years old \u2013 \u201cNo head injuries.\u201d Sounds simple enough, until you see one of them launch themselves off the back of the couch. I could see a bit of them in the character of Sadie in Queen of the Hanukkah Dosas<\/em>, written by Pamela Ehrenberg and illustrated (beautifully and creatively) by Anjan Sarkar.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt wasn\u2019t that I didn\u2019t want my little sister, Sadie, to help us make dosas for Hanukkah,\u201d explains her big brother. \u201cThe problem was, she climbed too much.\u201d Onto tables, out of cribs, up stacks of cans at the supermarket, Sadie does like to climb. And luckily so, it turns out. But you\u2019ll have to read the book to know why.<\/p>\n

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Queen of the Hanukkah Dosas cover<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

If the title didn\u2019t give it away, Sadie and her family are a Jewish family with Indian heritage. Instead of latkes, they are celebrating the Holiday of Lights with dosas, and there is a recipe for the Indian pancake in the book, as well as a recipe for sambar, a vegetarian lentil stew made with tamarind paste and many other delicious ingredients.<\/p>\n

Queen of the Hanukkah Dosas<\/em>, published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (2017), is part of PJ Library, which sends free Jewish children\u2019s books to families with kids from 6 months to 8 years old. B.C. community members can sign up through Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver or Jewish Federation of Victoria and Vancouver Island.<\/p>\n

PJ Library\u2019s selection committee chose Queen of the Hanukkah Dosas<\/em> because it \u201cloves how this book celebrates the varied cultural and ethnic backgrounds that make up today\u2019s Jewish community, and encourages each of us to be proud of our individuality.\u201d<\/p>\n

The book also offers the opportunity to talk about various holiday customs that cut across Jewish cultures. Sadie wears a dreidel costume for some of the book, the family lights the chanukiyah, there is gelt on the table and, of course, dosas are fried, so there\u2019s that miracle of oil to discuss.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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