JewsInSchool is offering a selection of endorsed, curated and original resources and lesson plans to help your educational community celebrate the heritage, history & culture of the Jewish people that has survived and thrived for nearly years. It can be used as a standalone or supplement & will be updated FAQ
Jews are an indigenous middle eastern people from Judea. Jews still live in their homeland and all over the world. In order to tell the story of your Jewish neighbors and classmates properly, we must acknowledge their peoplehood, history, culture and diversity. This is an opportunity to learn the true story of the Jewish people who have survived and thrived for nearly 4,000 years. Video courtesty of IsraelLink
Who are the Jews?
@_j0sh_a_osh Coins in History
Coins in Israel Through Millenia VIdeo
Who are the Jews?
@_j0sh_a_osh Coins in History
Coins in Israel Through Millenia VIdeo
We are proud to announce the launch of Dr. Naya Lekht's curriculum. A one hour lesson plan that can be used to teach grades 6-12 basics about the Jewish people, their origins, history & culture. Links to curriculum below. You can learn more about reknowned Holocaust scholar and educator, Lekht, on her website at Dr. Naya Lekht
We are proud to announce a new lesson plan from JewsInSchool featuring award-winning children's book "Shoham's Bangle" by Jewish author Sarah Sassoon and illustrator Noa Kelner, published by Kar-Ben. "Shoham's Bangle" was recognized as a Sydney Taylor Notable Book, Winner of the Crystal Kite Award, Tablet Magazine’s Best Jewish Kids Books of the Year, and is distributed by PJ Library. The lesson plan includes discussion questions, photographs, maps and 2 activities and encompasses learning skills in ELA, Social Studies, Math & Art.
Interview with author Sarah Sassoon by Harif
My Iraqi Jewish Grandmother's Hands article in Jewish Book Council by Sarah Sassoon.
Eat Something! is a common refrain from most Jewish homes! Some Jewish follow Jewish dietary observances. Those are called "kosher" laws. Our food is often influenced by those laws.
Here are just some of the Jewish offerings made by Jewish families.
Jewish Food (UnPacked video curriculum, Kahoot! & PDFs)
Jewish History Through Food
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJfbPMB-fWo
Music is an integral part of Jewish life. Even our texts have musical notes or intonations included. You can get to know Jewish music from ancient to modern times here:
Jews In Music- an excellent synopsis
Jewish Music Unit by Mighty Matzoball
Part 1
https://www.instagram.com/p/C5rLjbGPcQW/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
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Music is an integral part of Jewish life. Even our texts have musical notes or intonations included. You can get to know Jewish music from ancient to modern times here:
Jews In Music- an excellent synopsis
Jewish Music Unit by Mighty Matzoball
Part 1
https://www.instagram.com/p/C5rLjbGPcQW/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
Part 2
https://www.instagram.com/p/C6ZK6m_rJJv/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
Musical Highlights:
Sephardic Ladino Song- Kondja Mia
https://youtu.be/jq5cAJuUjAE?feature=shared
Yemenite Prayer Song in Original Biblical
https://youtu.be/-z5V-a-urgQ?feature=shared
Psalm of Psalms
https://youtu.be/qYpYzf3xlAc?feature=shared
The Hava Song (Nissim Black's version of Hava Nagila)
https://youtu.be/5Prhl6SOFec?feature=shared
Since Miriam danced with her timbrel (tambourine) to celebrate the Jews' arrival in Israel, Jews have been dancing up a storm!
Jews who read and write modern Hebrew, can actually read ancient archeological carvings! But there are many other languages created by Jews.
5 Jewish Languages You Didn't Know Were a Thing (Unpacked Video Lesson Plan, Kahoot & PDF)
Jews, Their connection to Israel & Antisemitism
https://rabbisacks.org/videos/the-connection-between-judaism-and-israel/
Exile and the Lost Tribes of Israel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51m_tBUaokg
The History of Ancient Israel & the Hebrews
https://www.youtubeeducation.com/watch?v=e5T-mYgk9M4
The Roman Empire & The Exile of the Jews
https://www.youtubeeducation.com/watch?v=fqrst-VzZM4
What is the Western Wall? (Not the holiest site. Not part of the temple.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYo6qopGrAg
History of Jews in America
https://www.youtubeeducation.com/watch?v=c9W7GnbrOzw
Jewish Holidays Explained
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE02F3A8DF1FBC336
Was Alexander Hamilton Jewish? (Unpacked Video & Lesson Plan)
https://unpacked.education/video/was-hamilton-actually-jewish/
What is Zionism?
https://youtu.be/Cio0u0b6J4Q?feature=shared
History of Israel
World Population of Jews- The Jewish Agency
https://www.jewishagency.org/jewish-population-5782/
Jewish Diaspora
https://fcit.usf.edu/holocaust/people/displace.htm
K-6 Jewish Holiday Books
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CTHRJVHN?binding=paperback&ref=dbs_dp_rwt_sb_pc_tpbk
Who are the Jews? Notes
https://quizlet.com/notes/a0fe683b-1ba6-4bca-9aa5-a43e88394984?i=5rxw80&x=13qt
The Truth About Jerusalem
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zz9CTBOKK4g
Jews in Dhimmitude
https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/the-treatment-of-jews-in-arab-islamic-countries
Why are Jews Indigenous?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5raihYpexQ
Ancient Israel & history of the Jewish People by Institute for Curriculum Services
https://icsresources.org/slideshow/ancient-israel/
What's with the Jews?
Rabbi Sacks Poster
JEWTLA Posters (Notable American Jews)
k-3 A Shaboom! Jewish Folktale & Song
https://youtu.be/YUU4jZshmgc?feature=shared
Jewish Sephardic Ladino Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2siNjpiyKY
Sephardic Ladino Song- Kondja Mia
https://youtu.be/jq5cAJuUjAE?feature=shared
Yemenite Prayer Song in Original Biblical
https://youtu.be/-z5V-a-urgQ?feature=shared
Psalm of Psalms
https://youtu.be/qYpYzf3xlAc?feature=shared
The Hava Song (Nissim Black's version of Hava Nagila)
https://youtu.be/5Prhl6SOFec?feature=shared
The Jewish Folksong Everyone in Japan Knows
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJgGEGFoggo
Israeli Music Evolution
Eat Something!
Top 8 Jewish Foods (In America)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsOjuogpKZs
Jerusalem’s Machne Yehuda Market
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rq1S3jXNM80
Jewish History Through Food
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJfbPMB-fWo
Jewish Food Safari
Holidays
https://www.supercoloring.com/coloring-pages/holidays/jewish-holidays/sukkot
https://www.supercoloring.com/coloring-pages/holidays/jewish-holidays/rosh-hashanah
https://www.chabad.org/media/pdf/1090/EfHV10900715.pdf
https://www.chabad.org/kids/article_cdo/aid/361505/jewish/Coloring-Pages.htm
http://www.challahcrumbs.com/tisha-bav-coloring-page-click-picture-print/
That's a big question! We are a people who are over 4,000 years old, so there is alot to cover, but here is some basic information to get started!
Jews have been exiled to the diaspora, so we all look differently from each other, but we share some Jewish customs like wearing yarmulkes, which may help you identify us! All Jews are indigenous to the middle east, and as an ancient ethnic group don't really conform to western notions of "race".
Indigenous means inhabiting or existing in a land from the earliest times or from before the arrival of colonists. Jews are the original inhabitants of Judea Samaria and have consistently maintained a presence for more than 4,000 years. Jewish presence in the land predates other inhabitants like Muslims, Christians, Arabs, Ottomans, British and Europeans by thousands of years.
Judaism is the name of the religion of the Jewish people. It is what we call our religion, holidays, customs, language, calendar and laws we lived by in our land and that we have consistently observed for the thousands of years even while exiled in the diaspora.
Zionism is integral to Jewish identity should only be defined by Jews. Zionism is the belief that Jews have the right to self-determine in our indigenous and ancient homeland.
Have you ever heard of the Nishul or the expulsion of Jews in the MENA?
Who are Israelis? Were you taught they are white Europeans? If you've ever been there, you know that's incorrect! But what is the real answer?
Antisemitism is an ancient hatred that is complex and different from other ethnic or racial prejudices. Antisemitism is like a virus that mutates in different ages and societies. When it goes unchecked, it can lead to tragedies for the Jewish people and is an indicator of societal rot.
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