Heroes of the High Holidays: Lessons for All Learners
An exploration of several of the people that you will meet on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.
The texts and discussion questions on this sheet were designed to provide three learning levels in one place! Concepts from each level can be adapted for any group of learners.
- Jewish Holidays (Chagim)
- Jewish Text and Thought
- Jewish Tradition
- TaNaKh
- After School and Beyond
- Congregational Learning
- Day Schools and Yeshivas
- Family Engagement
- Teen Engagement
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Congregation Kol Ami White Plains, NY. Mesorah (tradition) is a choice-based model for 7th-12th graders that includes CORE learning and hands-on, experiential, project-based learning electives.
Temple Adat Elohim, Thousand Oaks, CA. Families come together twice a month, once to experience Shabbat as a B’Yachad community and another time to help heal the world by participating in Tikkun Olam (repairing the world) projects
Mensch-ify is an alternative learning program that is held twice a month for families with children in Pre-K to 6th grade. It is a developmentally appropriate program, built upon the parent-child co-learning experience, that combines stories, songs, art, movement, and play to provide families with the tools they need to live a Jewish life that works for them.