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A Better Way to Teach Israel to Our Children

JL;DR SUMMARY Adam Hummel challenges the traditional approach Jewish educators often take when teaching about Israel, which simplifies narratives and suppresses questioning. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish EducationJewish IdentityResilienceCritical ThinkingYoung JewsNarrative ComplexityConstructive DoubtTradition Of ArgumentationMoral Sophistication

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Israel
"There is a well-intentioned instinct in Jewish education to present Israel as a simple story."
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
"This is a guest essay by Adam Hummel, a lawyer in Toronto."
Canada
"We teach the Civil Rights Movement or the history of residential schools as proof that nations can wrestle with their sins."

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