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'The Final Journey: How Judaism Dignifies the Passage' is a curriculum that explores Jewish death rituals. Developed and tested at the YHS, Boca Raton, it is designed to teach Jewish high school students in all streams of Judaism about the elegant path along which the Jewish deceased are taken in their final journey prior to burial. The content of the 8-session course centers about the role of the Chevra Kadisha, the Jewish Burial Society. As advocates for the deceased, they wash, purify and dress the body, thereby illuminating the humanity and ultimate dignity of the tahara ritual.
Published: 2016
Updated: Mar. 16, 2016
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Megillat Esther is a fascinating story, which lends itself to creative illustration. Walk into any bookstore and you can find many different illustrated Megillahs, with images ranging from serious to comical. Torah Live has taken that idea one step further and created a digital illustrated Megillah, which is an excellent tool for teaching the story of Purim to students of all ages. Showing a picture on a big screen while you talk about a specific verse will help focus the students and keep them interested.
Published: 2016
Updated: Mar. 06, 2016
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“Shaboom!,”an animated web series premiering on April 6, 2016, from non-profit G-dcast, combines the best elements of children’s television with wisdom from the Jewish tradition to teach everyday values to children through magic, comedy and silly songs. Each of the ten children’s episodes is accompanied by a separate video for parents that delves into the episode’s value, explaining “what’s Jewish” about it, and giving parents the knowledge and confidence to model the values for their children. The show was designed to showcase strategies for bringing the family closer together, and through using best practices from the secular parenting world about fostering the social and emotional learning that is key in early child development.
Published: 2016
Updated: Mar. 02, 2016
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Of the many lessons of the Chanukah story, the importance of faith, is one of the most significant for students today. One way to teach this theme is with multimedia presentations provided by TorahLive. TorahLive provides teachers with high quality video productions, which excite and motivate students of all denominations and all ages. The films communicate Jewish values in a non-preachy, well organized, and energetic manner and speak in the language of today’s youth.
Published: 2015
Updated: Nov. 18, 2015
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As an educator, you know how challenging it is to keep students focused and engaged. What if we told you that Torah Live features exciting multimedia curricula that will capture your students’ attention and spark their imagination? Torah Live’s high quality video presentations and groundbreaking platform offers you powerful tools to teach Torah in your classroom. Enhance your Judaic Studies curriculum with high quality content that will not only excite your students but will also take your teaching to the next level.
Published: 2015
Updated: Sep. 16, 2015
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The Holocaust Education Video Toolbox is designed to help educators teach the Holocaust. The focus is on methodological and pedagogical suggestions that aid with this often daunting task, as well as practical materials and discussion points for classrooms and groups - hence the name, Video Toolbox. In choosing the various topics, we have drawn on our experience with a global audience of teachers at the International School for Holocaust Studies at Yad Vashem.
Published: 2015
Updated: Apr. 29, 2015
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Visrael is a video-based tool to help educators supplement year round programming about Israel, Jewish and Hebrew education. Visrael provides innovative online learning opportunities about Israel for children ages 5-10. The videos feature a mix of stop motion animation and live action documentary with real Israeli children in order to bring Israel to life for young learners. All videos are available in both English and Hebrew to promote content based Hebrew learning. The videos are also perfect for families to watch at home to learn about Israel.
Published: 2015
Updated: Apr. 20, 2015
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In this article we analyze moviemaking as a unique pedagogy that is used in a preservice semester in Israel program for the preparation of Israel educators: Students create their own short films about an aspect of Israeli society and/or their relationship with it. We analyze the students’ movies, together with students’ reflective papers about the process of making them, and show how this pedagogy exhibits the major characteristics of progressive constructivist education. We also show how the pedagogy enables students to grapple with difficult aspects of Israel in a personally compelling fashion.
Published: 2015
Updated: Mar. 18, 2015
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Israel Clicks! was designed as an experiment by The Jewish Education Center of Cleveland - a way to offer resources to teens and young adults in the wake of the summer 2014 conflict between Israel and Hamas. There's a confusing 'buzz' on campus and in the streets ... we thought a compendium of resources might help. The links and information provided on this site are not comprehensive - we were limited by what we found on the web AND by our own sense of being a 'critical consumer of information.'
Published: 2015
Updated: Feb. 05, 2015
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“LifeHacks From My Grandparents” is a new website and email listserve that presents a modern spin on Jewish teachings, a toe in the water of Torah study to get at the essence of each portion for all who might benefit. The project, a collaboration between Big Tent Judaism/Jewish Outreach Institute and Torah Topics for Today, reimagines the lessons of the Old Testament as modern life hacks that people can implement to improve their own lives.
Published: 2014
Updated: Nov. 26, 2014