Personal testimony, understanding Jewish life in Nazi Germany, communities that were lost, and more.
Use primary sources from the National Library of Israel to discover a variety of Chanukah/Hanukkah customs.
Learn what Novy God symbolizes and how it is celebrated - and delve into the story of Soviet Jewry, exploring the values of solidarity and freedom.
A series of sheets featuring Sukkot from Neot Kedumim, the Biblical Landscape Reserve in Israel.
In collaboration with RootOne, Makom has created a series of six conversation guides for teens on current events in Israel, including cultural trends, religious issues, politics, and more.
The guides help teens develop important skills such as critical thinking, information literacy, and discussion while creating more space for complex conversations. They’re fun, educational, and engaging as well as being deeply relevant for our times:
Explore the Ethiopian Jewish holiday of Sigd with these resources and lesson plans.
Build your own mental health menorah, and channel the resilience of the Maccabees into your Hanukkah experience.
Start a new Thanksgiving tradition with this intergenerational learning experience.
This lesson plan explores the difficulty that Soviet Jews faced in expressing their religious beliefs. By The Lookstein Center’s Refusenik Project.
“They tried to kill us, we survived, let’s eat.” certainly holds true for Purim- so why the Hamantaschen?