What’s the true story of the hundreds of thousands of displaced people in the Middle East? One of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict’s biggest hot potatoes is the idea that ethnic cleansing transpired against Palestinian Arabs in 1948.
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:
This lesson plan explores the difficulty that Soviet Jews faced in expressing their religious beliefs. By The Lookstein Center’s Refusenik Project.
Posters and discussion guides that focus on relationship building and being present.
La-Bri'ut helps to foster the mental well-being of children through resilience building activities.
Rabbi Adina and Sasha discuss the power of art to change lives of children and develop a more creative society.
It may sound bizarre, but a shockingly large number of people believe that Jews cause themselves to be hated.
Moshe leads the Jewish people in making sacrifices and sprinkling blood, but this time, the kids get to be involved. Sounds messy! And what could it mean to say "we will do and we will hear" in that order?