This unit represents curricular integration on two levels:
1) On the content level, the unit compares two similar events in history that have implications regarding Jewish existence in foreign cultures. Students have the opportunity to extrapolate from one to the other, and to draw conclusions.
2) On the skills level, the unit demonstrates that the study of history includes a process of interpretation that is similar to parshanut of the Torah text. In this case, the study engages the students in a process of thinking that is integral to both disciplines.
Written for high school students.
- Jewish Holidays (Chagim)
- Jewish Tradition
- Jewish Text and Thought
- Holocaust
- Congregational Learning
- After School and Beyond
- Day Schools and Yeshivas
- Teen Engagement
- Camp
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This collection from The Lookstein Center, includes ideas for action, and prompts for deep reflection.
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).
Israeli culture is an exquisite blend of ancient and modern and a country that people from West and East have come to call home. Heavily influenced by Jewish law and custom, Israeli culture has borrowed not only from its rich religious roots, but also from the food, music, and art of the people who