Living Holidays for Jewish Adolescents
This curriculum guide explores the importance of Jewish holidays for both traditional and cultural Jews.
About this Curriculum
This curriculum guide was designed to explore, question, and understand the importance of Jewish holidays for both traditional and cultural Jews.
This guide was designed in mind for grades 5-7 in a religious school setting. It was created by Felicia Goodman Ross, graduate of the HUC-JIR School of Education in 1996.
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Temple Israel Center White Plains, NY. This model encourages full-time educators to go beyond the classroom by engaging learners at the synagogue, in their homes, as well as, in the community.
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Living Judaism is an all-inclusive experiential learning model of Jewish Education. The purpose of the model is to engage every learner, provide carefully constructed learning experiences, build a strong identity, root students firmly in tradition, and create memories to last for years to come.
Temple Shaaray Tefila, New York, NY. MASA (the Hebrew word means journey) is an innovative year-long Jewish educational “journey” for groups of 25 families with children in grades K-7.