Jewish Programs

Our programs for major holidays and celebrations feature Jewish folktales, biblical stories and skits that highlight traditions and rituals that are meaningful for young children.

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Caravan has a strong, and long-standing connection to Jewish folklore and education.

As well as decades of performances, Jonathan Keezing taught music and creative movement in Jewish settings for many years. This provided a fantastic opportunity to develop Caravan’s repertoire of Jewish stories and music.

We find our stories in jewish folklore, biblical tales parables and Jewish literature

Our varied, and ever-growing Jewish programming brings us to a wide variety of Jewish audiences, and settings regularly. We love learning about, teaching, and creating programs within Judaism’s rich traditions.

Tales From Bubbes Kitchen (preK – 3rd grades) – Wondrous Jewish folk-tales for younger children.

Yankel The Dreamer (3rd – 6th grades) – Our folk-tales collection for older elementary audiences.

Sholom and Motl – Our Sholom Aleichem program explores the immigrant experience. This program is a perfect pick for festivals and large events.

Tales For The New Year! – Tales For Rosh Hashanah, The High Holy Days, and Yom Kippur.

Lets Make A Sukkah! – Our harvest celebration, which includes building a puppet Sukkah in just two minutes!

Latkes For Everyone! – A Hanukkah celebration with folktales, contemporary tales, and Yiddish song!

The RACE From Egypt! – Caravan’s lighthearted telling of the Passover story. With original songs and LOADS of puppets!

Hurray For Esther! – Our joyful, interactive, VERY SILLY Purim Spiel. Featuring original puppets and songs!

Shavuot Stories – Celebrating Shavuot with tales of new beginnings, wisdom, and love.

Audience Reviews

Jonathan and Karen could not have been any better. Children and parents alike were thrilled with the performance. The program was engaging, educational, and truly interactive. The puppets were a treat to look at. He explained how many of the puppets were made with found objects. The following Storytime two sisters each brought a puppet they had made. Their grandmother said that one of the girls had seen an open pod on the ground and declared it to be a pig’s nose. Their puppets were imaginative and completely inspired by Jonathan.

Thank you for the wonderful artist-in-residency program! It was an outstanding learning experience for both students and staff, and I have had great feedback from parents and teachers. The students have also been enthusiastic about the program, and I believe that this was evident during your time here.

Aesop’s Fables” was delightful, educational, fun and funny. Caravan’s show demonstrates Aesop’s age-old morals in a sweet, humorous and very kid-friendly way. Our students, aged 4-10, loved every minute of it.

We brought Caravan to PS 140 and PS 60 in the Bronx to dramatize Aesop. Teachers and their classes were engaged and delighted. Mr. Keezing is a master puppeteer who, along with an instructive show, also teaches children how to be a good audience.

On Behalf of the Administrators, Faculty, Parents and Students of P.S. 140, I wish to thank you for bringing Caravan Puppets to our school. This event provided an invaluable opportunity for students to see and experience the excitement on satisfaction of a live puppet show. There have been many positive comments and enthusiastic discussions on this puppet show since your presentation. It enhances our classroom curriculum by integrating the Arts into Literacy and other subjects.

Jonathan has exceptional creative talent along with the ability to share it with children of all ages. With the younger children, he is animated and nurturing. The older children respond to his creativity and his ability to reach out to them for their input. We hope that Jonathan will work with us again.

Jonathan Keezing, a masterful puppeteer, has introduced to our students. Jonathan s programs are professionally assembled and performed and always have a strong educational foundation. We highly recommend that any school program incorporate Jonathan Keezing s programs into it s curriculum.

Your performance added to our event immeasurably. Thank you so much.

Thank you so much for a wonderful performance. It was truly magical for the children. I loved how the children were yelling out to the characters and roaring with laughter.

I heard great reports from everyone who attended your show. We d love to have you back next year!

Excellent program, the children were entranced!

Jonathan is an wonderful creative talent. His shows are funny and usually contain a message sensitive to our diverse community. The message is always situated in a funny and very entertaining story. His puppets are often made out of unusual materials – they are visually arresting and capture the children s imagination. They also inspire us to make puppets and to have puppet shows.

Great lessons and presentation.

Jewish Programs

Our programs for major holidays and celebrations feature Jewish folktales, biblical stories and skits that highlight traditions and rituals that are meaningful for young children.

Caravan has a strong, and long-standing connection to Jewish folklore and education.

Audience Reviews

Bring the magic of Caravan Puppets to your event!

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Jewish Programs

Our programs for major holidays and celebrations feature Jewish folktales, biblical stories and skits that highlight traditions and rituals that are meaningful for young children.

Caravan has a strong, and long-standing connection to Jewish folklore and education.

Audience Reviews

Bring the magic of Caravan Puppets to your event!

Programs

Classes

Caravan Puppets

Programs

Classes

Caravan Puppets​

Caravan Puppets