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Read more about the article Yom Ha’atzmaut Day – suggestions

Yom Ha’atzmaut Day – suggestions

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  • Post published:August 12, 2019
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When significant resources are not at our fingertips, when the top cool Israeli band is not available for a free performance, how can we nevertheless ensure that our community’s Yom…

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Read more about the article Shabbat Service
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Shabbat Service

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“A People in Our Land” Goal: Participants will develop a personal connection to the significance of Israel by participating in the development of how we celebrate it. How: Torah Study Discussion…

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Read more about the article Friday Night Israel

Friday Night Israel

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  • Post published:August 12, 2019
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Goal: To connect the idea of Israel to the Jewish values embodied in Shabbat. How: Home ritual During Friday night dinner at home, a family can add a brief ceremony, like…

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Read more about the article Yom HaZikaron

Yom HaZikaron

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  • Post published:August 12, 2019
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Degrees of Separation This lesson focuses on the challenge of marking Yom HaZikaron (Israel Remembrance Day) for North American Jewry. We explore the notion of commemorating in the wider American context, and…

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Read more about the article Old Songs Renewed

Old Songs Renewed

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  • Post published:August 12, 2019
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We often feel how the soul of Israel was conjured for us through its music. Who can imagine connecting to Israel without Yerushalayim Shel Zahav, for example? Yet  often we find ourselves…

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Read more about the article Home activity – “Free People in Our Land”

Home activity – “Free People in Our Land”

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  • Post published:August 12, 2019
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“To be a free people in our land” Goal: Families will feel like what it means to be an Israeli by experiencing Israeli culture through one of its quintessential foods. How:…

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Read more about the article School Activity – “Our Land”

School Activity – “Our Land”

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Goal: Participants (students with or without their parents) will see how biblical accounts of ancient Israel become more real when we engage with physical objects from ancient times. How: Archeological simulationReview…

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Read more about the article Migrant Workers’ Helpline

Migrant Workers’ Helpline

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  • Post published:August 12, 2019
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If you’ve been to Israel lately, you might have seen Masada, the kotel, and the Tel Aviv nightlight. But did you notice the 180,000 migrant workers from the Philippines, China,…

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Read more about the article Talking Israel – with Bnai Jeshurun’s R. Marcelo Bronstein

Talking Israel – with Bnai Jeshurun’s R. Marcelo Bronstein

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Talking Israel is a series of video conversations between R. Marcelo Bronstein of Bnai Jeshurun in New York, and an Israeli personality who both embodies and engages in Israel’s vibrant complexity.  Mahatma Gandhi once…

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