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Grade 7 Lesson 13 - Jewish Rationalism/Haskalah (All Assignments)
 * Vocabulary - on your Vocabulary page, for each word/phrase below, write a short definition (1 sentence - 200 characters max) and a longer definition (1 paragraph - 800 characters max).Also add any vocabulary that you would like defined.
 * [|Haskalah]
 * maskilim
 * rationalism
 * assimilation
 * [|Reform movement]
 * 7th Grade Curriculum
 * History
 * The desire to make Judaism more rational and to assimilate with the larger culture became very strong forces driving change within the Jewish communities. Read the section on the [|Haskalah] and answer the following questions:
 * (Movement) - What were powers of the rabbis in traditional communities? Which of these were threatened by assimilation?
 * __//**The powers of the rabbis in the traditional communities were being the civil judge and religious scholar. The rabbi would lose the ability to be a judge if the Jews started to be assimilated.**//__
 * (Movement) - What was the effect of Mendelsohnn's desire to upgrade Hebrew and downgrade Yiddish?
 * **__//There was new secular literature (in Hebrew), and study of religious texts, and new dictionaries from Hebrew to Arabic. It also let to a large expansion in reading all types of different writings.//__**
 * (Effects) - What new branch of Judaism arose in response to the Haskalah. What were some of its basic ideas about Judaism? __//**Reform Judaism arose in response to the Haskalah. Their beliefs were to have more contact with the surrounding societies, and to learn the languages of the societies that we live in, and to be open to following the law in society in addition to the rabbi's law.**//__
 * (Effects) - What did enlightened Jews and the Gentile governments want that Orthodox rabbis found threatening? Why was it threatrening? __//**They expanded the ideas of secular lifestyle such as education (more public schooling rather than religious schooling), and participating in the way of life of non-Jewish society. What orthodox rabbis found threatening is that Jews would not follow all of the strictest religious laws.**//__
 * Holidays - on your Holidays page, for each holiday below, write a short secular description (1 sentence - 200 characters max) of what the holiday celebrates and a longer description (1 paragraph - 800 characters max) which also includes its origin and its importance to both secular and religious Jews.
 * Culture
 * FAQs - on your FAQ Page, for each question below, write a short answer (1 sentence - 200 characters max) and a longer description (1 paragraph - 800 characters max). Add any questions about shJ you have or are asked by your friends.
 * Heroes/Heroines - on your Heroes page, for each person below, write a short description (1 sentence - 200 characters max) and a longer description (1 paragraph - 800 characters max) about who s/he is and why s/he was important.. Also add any heroes/heroines you would like to know about.
 * Elisha ben Abuya
 * Saadia Gaon
 * Moses Maimonides
 * [|Moses Mendelssohn]
 * Philosophy and Values
 * Pick another of the Philosophical Foundations and be prepared to describe it in your own words. Write the name of the philosophical foundation at the right.