Israel's Rocky Path to Independence Day
November Events that Changed the Course of Modern Israel
Curated Series - The Jewish Education Project
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November is a month full of important moments in Israeli history. November 2 we celebrate the anniversary of the signing of the Balfour Declaration. On November 4, the world mourns the anniversary of the assassination of former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin (z"l).  On November 10, 1975 the United Nations passed the "Zionism equals Racism" resolution.  November 21 is the anniversary of Operation Moses, when thousands of Ethiopian Jews were airlifted to Israel in 1984. The UN Partition Plan, which paved the way for the establishment of the state the following year, was adopted on November 29th, 1947.

Type
  • Guide
  • Lesson
  • Curriculum
Topic
  • Zionism
  • Israel - Contemporary
  • Israel - State
  • History
Setting
  • After School and Beyond
  • Camp
  • Congregational Learning
  • Day Schools and Yeshivas
  • Teen Engagement

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Educational Resources

Video · Guide · Online Activity · Lesson

Lord Balfour of Great Britain wrote a letter promising a “Jewish home” to the Jewish people in the land of Palestine.

Grades:

6–12
Video · Lesson · Online Activity · Game

Do you or your students know that this official UN resolution was passed in 1975 and repealed in 1991?

Grades:

6–12
Curriculum · Guide · Lesson

This activity supports greater understanding of the events that lead to the assisnation of Yitzhak Rabin.

Grades:

3–12