Synagogues and Languages

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Curriculum
Lesson

Summary: In this lesson, students will investigate visual images and word samples to learn more about how Jews have lived as a part of and apart from their host communities.

Essential Question(s)

  • How have Jewish migrations impacted the expression of Jewish culture,
    including language?
  • To what extent have Jewish communities integrated culturally into the
    host cultures of the countries to which they have moved?
  • What languages have Jews spoken?
     

Objective:
In this lesson, students will:

  • Understand that Jewish communities have experienced tensions
    between integration and distinctiveness.
  • Learn that Jews live and have lived in diverse locations throughout the
    world.
  • Learn that Jews speak and have spoken languages that are both similar
    to and distinct from the languages spoken by their non-Jewish
    neighbors.
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Topic
  • Arts and Culture
  • Belonging
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)
  • History
  • Jewish Holidays (Chagim)
  • Jewish Peoplehood
  • Jewish Tradition
  • Pluralism
Setting
  • Congregational Learning
  • Day Schools and Yeshivas
  • Teen Engagement

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