Praying With our Feet: A Teenager's Guide to the Jewish Social Justice Cycle of Noticing, Understanding and Doing

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Tefilah (Prayer)
Social Justice
Jewish Text and Thought
8 - 12

Learners will explore how prayer and text can be a tool to notice issues in the world and understand the Jewish obligation to respond to them. In the curriculum, learners will choose a cause to which they feel they can no longer stand idly by; and as they move through the proposed social justice cycle of noticing, understanding and doing explore how prayer and social justice can intersect to alleviate their chosen issue. 

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This curriculum guide was created by Ashley Marx Myers, 2016 graduate of Hebrew Union College's School of Education. It was written for grades 10-12 in a religious school or youth group setting.

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  • After School and Beyond
  • Teen Engagement

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