First JKG Sunday of 2021 - Welcome Back!

2nd Year B’nai Mitzvah: Israel’s Founding

Seeing a timeline of the cultures and leaders who have ruled Israel throughout history, learning the definition of Diaspora, and using a world map to depict where all our relatives and ancestors have dispersed from Israel, around the world.
Exploring in depth about each historical era in Israel.
Playing a group quiz game about Israel history facts.
Learning about Israel’s mandatory draft when citizens turn 18, and writing letters to Israeli soldiers.

Why is Israel called the Jewish “homeland,” and what does this have to do with Diaspora?
Has Israel always been in control of the Jewish people?

Determining our individual learning styles, and discussing what areas of study in Judaism we are individually passionate about.
Watching a video about tzedakah, and discussing the “8-step tzedakah ladder”, which details different types of tzedakah.
Thinking of things we are passionate about and charities that we could give tzedakah to then activating our Jewish value of learning to delve deeper into that topic.
Brainstorming ways we can give tzedakah and filling out “My Tzedakah Plan” sheets to help us make our goals into realities.

Playing several games that illustrate why gossiping is harmful to ourselves and others.
Creating metaphors about gossip and discussing them as a group.
Creating a group agreement to outline a plan for encouraging positive speak, and what to do when we encounter gossip.

Discussing what kinds of problems exist in the world, what we could do to work towards fixing them
Reading some rabbinical thoughts on what our responsibility is to fix problems in the world.
Playing a tikkun olam bingo game of ways we can solve the problems in the world.

Playing a recipe game to show how the “ingredients” we put in are like the skills we have and use to work together.
Creating comic strips featuring our own tzedakah heroes!
Thinking critically about how we can give tzedakah with and without money.

What were some of the ways you came up with to give tzedakah?
Why do you think it’s our responsibility to give to and take care of those in need?

Seeing how we can make a big difference with small actions.
Practicing some Hebrew yoga to learn how to spell Tzedakah in Hebrew!
Playing a Charitable Guessing Game about local organizations that we could give tzedakah to.

Playing a game of Mitzvah Freeze dance and coming up with our own ideas for mitzvot we can do ourselves
Reading a book about different mitzvot that we can do and watching people on Shalom Sesame help out their community after a storm
Learning what it means to be a mensch

Jewish Kids GroupsJanuary 10, 2021Comment