COOKING UP LESSONS, ART VALLEY WOMAN TO BE HONORED FOR TEACHING 50 YEARS.Byline: Sherry Joe Crosby Daily News Staff Writer Molly Oshan's students ingested in·gest tr.v. in·gest·ed, in·gest·ing, in·gests 1. To take into the body by the mouth for digestion or absorption. See Synonyms at eat. 2. Judaism along with challah, matzo and honey-covered apples. As a teacher, the Encino resident would instill in·still v. To pour in drop by drop. in  stil·la tion n. religious values in her young students ingredient by ingredient. ``She taught them to love Judaism through teaching them to cook,'' said John Sherwood John Sherwood can refer to different people:
On Friday, the woman affectionately known as ``Mommy Oshan'' will be honored for 50 years of teaching during a special ceremony at 8 p.m. at Temple Sinai of Glendale. Oshan said she has always loved the young. ``I teach them to be kind to people who have less than they do,'' she said. ``And to honor their mother and father and teacher.'' During her career, Oshan taught kindergarten and first grade at many religious schools and synagogues, including Temple Judea Reform Judaism Reform Judaism Religious movement that has modified or abandoned many traditional Jewish beliefs and practices in an effort to adapt Judaism to the modern world. It originated in Germany in 1809 and spread to the U.S. in Tarzana, Temple Beth Emet Temple Beth Emet is a reform synagogue in Cooper City, Florida. It has a current active membership of approximately 700 families, with many more individuals and families attending exclusively on the High Holidays.[1] Staff of Temple Beth Emet
The daughter of a homemaker and fruit-vegetable merchant used biblical tales and stories about her hardscrabble hard·scrab·ble adj. Earning a bare subsistence, as on the land; marginal: the sharecropper's hardscrabble life. n. Barren or marginal farmland. Adj. 1. childhood during the Great Depression to teach students about sacrifice and hard work. Oshan called her lessons the ``facts of life.'' Songs, arts and crafts arts and crafts, term for that general field of applied design in which hand fabrication is dominant. The term was coined in England in the late 19th cent. as a label for the then-current movement directed toward the revivifying of the decorative arts. and cooking - making challah, matzo and potato pancakes Potato pancakes, also known as kartoffelpuffer or latkes or latkas (Yiddish: לאַטקעס), are shallow-fried cakes of grated potato and egg, often flavoured with grated onion. from scratch - were part of the curriculum. ``I'm a storyteller, and I'm very good with small children,'' she said. ``I'm very creative with little children.'' Former student Denise Farber has fond memories of Oshan. ``We would sit there mesmerized by her stories,'' said Farber, who attended religious classes as a 5-year-old at Temple Ahavat Shalom in Northridge. ``She was the sweetest woman,'' the 25-year-old Chatsworth resident said. ``I remember that I just loved her.'' David Bidna, former educational director of the religious school at Temple Judea, said professional dedication distinguished Oshan as a teacher. ``I remember her ability to get the kids to do what they were being asked to do,'' Bidna said. ``She's very devoted to Judaism, and she passed it on to her pupils.'' Oshan returned to pupils after bypass surgery Bypass surgery A surgical procedure that grafts blood vessels onto arteries to reroute the blood flow around blockages in the arteries (arteriosclerosis). in 1993, but was forced to stop teaching last year because of failing eyesight. Now she takes art classes at the Braille Institute in Los Angeles, where she makes ceramic face molds depicting rabbis she has met during the years. ``When I started losing my vision I had to do something with my hands,'' Oshan said. Although her art career has been blooming - she sold a couple of pieces of art, one for $100 - she remains involved with children. She visits youth groups and hopes to volunteer with the Crippled Children's Society of Los Angeles County. ``I will be involved with children till the day I die,'' Oshan said. ``Children are the future.'' CAPTION(S): Photo |
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