Modules
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Jewish Content for Your Class
Each module lasts between 45 and 90 minutes. A module is a good choice as a full lesson for one or two periods, and is also an option for substitute teachers.
- Religion & Ritual
- Antisemitism
- Grades 7–8
- 45 min
- Antisemitism
- History
- Grades 9–10
- 80 min
- Words & Languages
- History
- Grades 7–8
- 45 min
- Places & Migration
- History
- Grades 7–8
- 45 min
- Religion & Ritual
- History
- Grades 7–8
- 45 min
- History
- Words & Languages
- Antisemitism
- Grades 11–13
- 90 min
- Antisemitism
- History
- Grades 9–10
- 45 min
The Festival of Purim
What does a Jewish hero have to do with a secret, a villain, and big celebrations? Students aged 12 and up learn about the story of Purim and its hero, Esther. Whether fact or fiction, the story and its core message are still meaningful to Jews celebrating the holiday to this day.
Antisemitism – long
A necklace, a jersey, a narrow box and a head covering—what do they all have in common? This learning module explores the ways Jewish people navigate antisemitism in daily life and how showing or hiding their Jewish identity is always a matter of safety.
Hebrew
What happens when a language community lives in the diaspora? Students learn that, wherever Jews have lived over many centuries, Hebrew has always played a role in their lives and communities.
Jewish Places
What makes a place Jewish? Discover Jewish places, their significance, and local Jewish history through the interactive map on the “Jewish Places” platform.
The Festival of Passover
Can memory have a flavor? Students will explore the role of food and memory during the holiday of Passover, when the story of the Exodus from Egypt is retold every year.
Shoah. Recordings from an Investigation
Thirty years after the Shoah (Holocaust), how did eyewitnesses remember the genocide? Listen to what survivors and perpetrators told filmmaker Claude Lanzmann in his preliminary interviews for the film Shoah – and what they left unsaid.
Antisemitism – short
A necklace and a jersey—what do they have in common? This learning module explores the ways Jewish people navigate antisemitism in daily life and how showing or hiding their Jewish identity is always a matter of safety.