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Reviewed on February 1, 2015 | Multimedia Review
PreS-Gr 3—The newly updated collection opens with the episode "Welcome to Israel," in which young adult Anneliese travels to the country to visit her mother's friend Shoshana, who lives on Rechov Sumsum—Hebrew for Sesame Street. Anneliese and her new friend Grover learn all about the nation and Jewish holidays with the help of Shoshana and her human and Muppet friends, including Moishe Oofnik, a rather familiar grouchy fellow who lives in a garbage can. Like the Shalom Sesame episodes from the 1990s, footage of the daily lives of Israeli children is interspersed wit...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
