S_WH7-20+Assignment

Grade 8 Lesson 20 - Jewish Future (All Assignments) Don’t assume you are fulfilling your obligation by working for so-called humanity at large…We hope for a common humanity but will never achieve it by destroying unique languages… or by cutting down cultures…We have not endured these thousands of years in order to now forget our own way of life. We wish to continue it, so that we may later unite with the company of humanity as equal partners…We hope for a tomorrow in which there will be a common granary for all peoples… But we also want to bring our bit of corn and wheat to the storehouse. On the day of the great harvest, we do not want our people to stand aside and weep over lost years or beg for foreign bread…
 * History
 * What do you see as the long term fate of the Jewish people?
 * **//__I believe that the long term fate of the Jewish people is that we will live as long as the human race does. I believe this because we have survived through some of the harshest conditions of any people and find ways of surviving. We also are the one of the oldest cultures on earth and if we can survive the holocaust and all the other mass murders then I can see us living as long as the rest of the human race does.__//**
 * Holidays - for each of the holidays listed below, provide short descriptions ((1 sentence - 200 characters max) of its purpose from both a secular and a religious point of view
 * Culture
 * I.L. Peretz said:
 * What questions and challenges to being Jewish is he addressing?
 * __//**He wants us to help the rest of humanity at large, but he does not want us to lose who we are as a people. A challenge that he is addressing is how do we keep our Jewish culture if we intermix with the rest of the world?**//__
 * In your own words, how does he answer those questions?
 * __//**He says that we should do that by uniting with humanity as equal partners and that there will be a "common granary" for all people. This means that there will be something the same about people and to bring "our bit of corn and wheat" to make us different from the rest.**//__
 * What would your answers be to those questions?
 * __//**I would answer that question by being more aware of my Jewish heritage and make my children aware of their heritage and to continue to keep our culture alive. I would do this by inviting people from other groups to our Seders and Hanakah parties, Sukkot dinners and celebrations, bar or bat mitzvahs, and Tu'bishvat's planting of trees.**//__
 * How inclusive is Folkshul? How much diversity of opinion should it tolerate?
 * __//**I believe that Folkshul is fine at the tolerance level it is at now. I believe this because I learned about religious Jews along with Secular Jews. This to me means that the Folkshul is open to opinion and teaches both sides of history. I think that Folkshul should let in some opinion from religious Jews because we are proud of who we are and that it is nessesary to know about the other Jew's opinion. I do not think this will weaken our secularness, because our opinions are strong enough not be be diluted.**//__
 * too much, weaken who we are
 * complementary to who we are
 * an identity dilution
 * Heroes/Heroines
 * 8th Grade Curriculum
 * FAQs - for each of the questions below, provide a short answer (1 sentence - 200 characters max) and a longer one (1 paragraph - 800 characters max)
 * What do you like about being Jewish, secular, humanist?
 * __//**I like being a Secular, Humanistic Jew because it is a culture with an open mind. It is to be a Jew, but not have to believe in God. Being a Secular Humanistic Jew means to keep the culture and to be more focused on peace, justice, and our history as a whole. This is what I believe in, so this is what I like about being Jewish, secular, and humanist.**//__
 * What would you improve?
 * __//**I would improve the locations of Folkshul. I think that you should expand to Pittsburgh because then I could meet other Secular Jewish kids! It would also make my lessons much better so that we could have them face to face not phone to phone. An even better solution would be to loan out Web Cams so that we could technically be face to face but still over the computer.**//__
 * Vocabulary - for each of the words below, provide a short definition (1 sentence - 200 characters max) and a longer definition (1 paragraph - 800 characters max)
 * Philosophy and Values
 * Complete the definitions of the Philosophical Foundations and be prepared to describe them in your own words
 * Complete the definitions of the Philosophical Foundations and be prepared to describe them in your own words