The story of Hanukkah takes place during the Second Temple period and as such there were exiled communities who had been living in the Roman Empire and then Italy since those times. This short animated video gives an overview of the Italian Jewish community in 4 minutes and background information with suggested discussion topics for teachers.
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Learning of Theodor Herzl’s call for a Jewish state, Brandeis began to rally Jewish Americans around Zionism and support for Israel.
This lesson is designed to help students better understand contemporary antisemitism in the U.S.
Through a variety of games, students will activate their own knowledge of Hebrew, then connect it to examples of use of Hebrew by Jews worldwide and throughout history. Finally, students will come up with new ways to add Hebrew into their lives.