Jewish Origami
Jewish origami: isn’t that an awkward mix of cultures? It doesn’t matter because there is a large proportion of people who enjoy folding paper into Jewish-themed object. It may be because origami is fun for children of all nations. Yes, you can fold a menorah out of a square piece of paper! Particularly popular are dreidels and the Star of David.
Unfortunately, there are very few online instruction on how to make this type of origami. Below is a list of various paper craft, some involve cutting and glue. There are a handful of books dedicated to Jewish Origami
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Jewish Origami Diagrams
- Dreidel: pg 1, 2 (Y Yamauchi)
- Dreidel pg 3 (J Koppel)
- Hanukkah Dreidel (F Temko)
- Paper Dreidel Craft (enchanted learning.com)
- Dreidel Decoration (akhlah.com)
- Paper Dreidel Pop-Up Card (kaboose.com)
- Working Dreidel pg 4 (J Koppel)
- kirigami Star of David
- Six Pointed Star
- Shepard’s Star (noel.qc.ca)
- $Star of David
- $Star of David (F Rohm) video
- Star of David (J Shafer)
- Star of David Decoration (akhlah.com)
- Star tessellation (E Gjerde)
Books with Jewish Origami
- Origami for Hanukkah by Robyn Hardyman
- Jewish Origami by Florence Temko
- Jewish Origami 2 by Florence Temko
- Jewish Gelt: Our Symbols as Origami Money Folds by Arnold Tubis
- Jewish Holiday Origami by Joel Stern