S_SH7-20+Assignment

Grade 8 Lesson 20 - Jewish Future (11/28/2007) Assignments (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?
 * 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?
 * In your own words, how does he answer those questions?
 * What would your answers be to those questions?
 * How inclusive is Folkshul? How much diversity of opinion should it tolerate?
 * 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?
 * What would you improve?
 * 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)