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Video – Yonatan Ariel laying out Makom’s overall approach
Yonatan Ariel, Executive Director of Makom, spoke engagingly and entertainingly at the General Assembly of 2011. Shalom TV broadcast this panel, where Yonatan plays out what Israel education must become. In particular, he focuses the Hatikvah Vision: To Be A Free People In Our Land.
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The Song for our Troubled Times?
I keep returning to a song that, to my mind, manages to point a finger at everyone, and yet finds a space for self-critique and harmony. What it succeeds in doing where most of us in Israel have failed, is in both sharing out the blame and praying for peace. The fact that one is fatally flawed does not mean that the other is not.
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Waltz with Bashir Film Guide
Waltz with Bashir is an astonishing work of art that sets fire to the deep human questions emerging from contemporary Israel. In our desire to encourage the Jewish world to engage with Israel through ‘hugging and wrestling’, we developed the Makom Film Guide for Waltz with Bashir.
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The Jewish Community Story
A curriculum to help learners understand the history and dynamics of the Jewish community, to help them appreciate the community that surrounds them, and to encourage them to see it as a positive entity that they might wish to join and in which they might want to play an active part.
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The noise of decency or humiliation
It’s strange how the most trivial thing brought me closest to violence. I’m sitting on the train. The carriage is quiet. Four kids get on and sit across the aisle from me. They’re about 15 or 16. Well-equipped with their various mobile devices, they all loudly and boisterously turn to …
Jewish Peoplehood and Human Beings
‘Jewish Peoplehood’ – the notion of collective Jewish belonging – has been criticized as an abstract term with little practical grounding. In order to overcome this challenge, various resources including curricula and seminars have been developed to teach students what Jewish Peoplehood means. The problem with this approach lies in …