Celebrating what we Have. Remembering what we Yearn For.

In Jewish weddings, a glass is broken at the height of joy — a reminder that even in celebration, we remember what remains unhealed. Break a glass to give sound to all we hold, and let silence become prayer.

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Topic
  • Israel - Contemporary
Grades
  • 6 - 12
Setting
  • After School and Beyond
  • Congregational Learning
  • Day Schools and Yeshivas
  • Family Engagement
  • Teen Engagement

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Repairing the World: is Tikkun Olam Jewish?

What’s so Jewish about the idea of fixing the world and when did people decide it was broken?

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“Something terrible is about to happen,” by Zeev Engelmayer

Painting by Zev Engelmayer, artist, lecturer at Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design

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Kristallnacht

Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass, the night that the Nazi Party realized it could get away with genocide.

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