'Onions And Garlic'

Circle Round

WBUR

Ages 4-10, Children, Storytelling, Kids & Family, Childrens' Story, Books, Stories For Kids, Kids, Storytime, Story

4.4 • 14.8K Ratings

🗓️ 27 November 2017

⏱️ 27 minutes

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The second installment from our live performance at the Boston Jewish Film Festival. In this old Jewish folktale, we tell a story about spicy, flavorful onions... but we promise it won’t make you cry. If anything you’ll laugh and laugh.

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0:00.0	I'm Rebecca Sheer here.
0:04.1	Before we get to today's story, I'd like to invite you to join the Circle Round Club.
0:09.9	Memberships come in all shapes and sizes and include fun benefits like ad-free episodes,
0:15.0	bonus bedtime stories, behind the scenes videos, and a personalized birthday message from
0:19.8	me.
0:20.8	Learn more about the Circle Round Club and become a member at WBOR.org slash Circle Round Club.
0:30.7	Have you ever tasted an onion?
0:33.8	Even if you haven't, you probably know it's a pretty interesting vegetable.
0:37.6	It has all these layers of skin, and when you peel them off and start cutting the onion
0:42.3	up, its smell can fill an entire room.
0:45.5	In fact, sometimes the smell is so strong, it can make you cry.
0:51.3	Today's tale is all about spicy, flavorful onions, but we promise it won't make you
0:56.3	cry.
0:57.3	Anything, you'll laugh and laugh.
1:05.1	I'm Rebecca Sheer and welcome to Circle Round, where story time happens all the time.
1:10.4	Our story this time around is called Unyins and Garlic.
1:14.0	It's an old Jewish tale, and we recently had a chance to perform it live on stage, with
1:19.1	actors, music, and a really excited audience of children and grown-ups.
1:23.7	The performance was part of the Boston Jewish Film Festival, and we're bringing that live
1:27.8	show to you today.
1:31.3	So Circle Round, everyone, for Unyins and Garlic.
1:42.1	In the traditional language of Yiddish, the name Haskell means wisdom, and that was the
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