Playing the Part
Resources for exploring your role in today’s story
About this Lesson
Drawn from materials composed following the October 7 attacks, the following resources highlight the roles we play in the stories of our lives. These roles include, among many others, parent, Jew, educator, student, soldier, or activist.
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Resources on the situation in Israel and Gaza from M² and The Jewish Education Project.
Congregation Tifereth Israel (CTI), Glen Cove, NY. CTI learners and their families participate in hands-on experiential learning. The curriculum focuses on Jewish values learned through our stories (both modern and ancient).
Mensch-ify is an alternative learning program that is held twice a month for families with children in Pre-K to 6th grade. It is a developmentally appropriate program, built upon the parent-child co-learning experience, that combines stories, songs, art, movement, and play to provide families with the tools they need to live a Jewish life that works for them.
Wonder of Learning was an exhibition of the infant-toddler centers and preschools of the Istituzione Municipality of Reggio Emilia, Italy. We are including this amazing exhibition and these resources as part of our Site Visits since we led four different guided educator trips there in 2015.
J-JEP is a multi-denominational collaboration between Beth Shalom, a traditional Conservative congregation, and Rodef Shalom, a Classical Reform congregation. The learning in J-JEP reflects the belief that no two households are the same.
Does Rachel have what it takes to foil Sara’s High Holiday hijinks? Spoiler alert: Yes!