Peek your head into the pre-kindergarten class at Oakland Hebrew Day School, and you will hear children singing a Hebrew song that sounds just like “The Wheels on the Bus.” But the song’s familiar lyrics have been altered for a new reality, like every other facet of life during the pandemic. Instead of “The wheels…
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