The goal of this activity is for students to engage with Jewish texts and NLI primary sources to explore the idea of Jewish community, and why and how individuals can connect and contribute to it.
Why is community so important and how can individuals connect and contribute to it?
Henrietta Szold ran Youth Aliyah, an organization that rescued 30,000 Jewish children from Nazi Europe and she remained a mother figure to many of those children. To honor her memory, 'Family Day' is marked on the anniversary of her death.
Game
Which Zionist Leader Are You?
Are you a pragmatist or a philosopher? Are you more like Herzl or Weizmann? Find out in this personality quiz!
Source Sheet
Tzedakah in the Jewish Community
Explore our responsibility to each other within the community and to then try to put what you learned into practice
The Importance of Community
The goal of this activity is for students to engage with Jewish texts and NLI primary sources to explore the idea of Jewish community, and why and how individuals can connect and contribute to it.