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News 'N' Views | The Ethics of Kosher Certification | This article explores the allegations of illegal employment practices facing the United States’ largest kosher meat packing company. | Students will study Jewish texts and read several opinion pieces to help them decide where kashrut and ethics converge. |
Kid Power | Heroes in Waiting | This article introduces the concept of the heroic quest by exploring journeys from The Lord of the Rings, and the Biblical toward heroism. | Students will create maps charting their own heroic journeys. |
Spotlight | | This article is an interview with an Israeli lawyer whose organization, Shurat HaDin, uses the court system to sue terrorist organizations. | Students will consider what it means to be a hero and look at Jewish texts on what it means to be a hero. |
Torah Page | Fearless | Verse: “God is with me; I shall not fear” (Psalms 118:6). | In this lesson, students participate in a trust lean. The trust lean provides a rich basis for class discussion about the text on the Torah Page and the familiar tefillah in which it appears. |
Quiz Central | | This quiz helps students identify a hero—fictional, historical, or Biblical—whom they most closely resemble. | Students will explore the character traits that they share with heroes, both from the quiz and from the Hanukkah story, in order to discover the hero in themselves. |
W.O.W. | Thunder | This article explores the science behind thunder and describes how loud sounds of thunder can cause people to feel many emotions, including fear. | This lesson examines the role thunder can play in urging us to overcome our fears to engage in acts of bravery and heroism. |
Check It Out | Wham! Boom! Bam! Collecting Comic Books | This article introduces readers to comic book collecting. | Students will create their own superpowers and work together to create the ultimate Jewish comic book heroes. |
| Israel Feature | Heroes of the Israel Defense Forces | Readers meet three young Israelis who tell stories of personal commitment and the reward that comes with hard work for a cause. | Students will design medals of honor for the three young heroes profiled and for members of their own community who serve Israel in some capacity. |
Holiday Feature | Discard Immediately If Seal Is Broken | The holiday feature describes the way special seals designed to guarantee the purity of olive oil in the Beit Hamikdash might have been formed. | The article outlines an innovative craft activity to create clay seals like those in the time of the Maccabees, and four additional creative activities to explore themes and images of Hanukkah. |
