Do it yourself course on Israel-part of our Intro to Judaism course

SESSION 14: ISRAEL
A: READINGS
BASIC JUDAISM: 91-97
LIVING JUDAISM: PGS 323-355
JEWISH LITERACY: PGS 273-369


MEMORIZATION: HaTikvah

Memorization exercises for conversion class 10-16


Kol odba-ley-vav p'nima, nefeshy'hudi homi-ya, Ulfa-atey, mizrach kadima, a-yin I 'tzion tza-fiya. Od lo avda tikva-teynu, ha-tikva bat sh 'not alpa-yim, Li-h 'yot am chosfi b 'ar-tzeynu, eretz tzion vi-y 'ru-shala-yim..
As long as true Jewish hearts yet beat, and Jewish eyes rum watchfully Eastward, our two thousand year-old hope is not lost: To be a free people in our own land, the land of Zion, Jerusalem, Israel!

C. Videos

Israel's 59th birthday Happy birthday
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9MEKkpYU0A

Palestinian Refugees "return" wrong
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSOnq7Q8rRY

Mearsheimer/Walt -shoddy and anti-semitic? Jewu 239
http://youtube.com/watch?v=gfgUididdj8
Israel: the greatest country
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfoMFJ5v3So

What can we personally do to help Israel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOvKW0E0GSg

Zionism-The Jewish people's right to Israel Jewu 243
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBbmuF36N7Q

It's Not Israel's Fault
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fv0xJuVFkS8

AIPAC Crucial for America and the World
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCoiwUhFG0E

Refuting Kristof's March 17 NYT piece on Israel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WOVvThdUBc

What's Wrong with Jimmy Carter's Book?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7v14gvJiL7Q

Shameful British Boycott
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJj2jqLu5oI

VALUES
34. Tsedeh Tsedek Tirdof = Pursue justice / the obligation to actively promote justice.
"Justice, justice shall you pursue, that you may live and inherit the land that the Lord your God is giving you." [Deuteronomy]
"These are the things you shall do: Speak every man the truth to his neighbor, execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates; and let no one devise evil in your hearts against his neighbor, and love no false oath, for all these are things that I hate, saith the Lord." Zechariah 8:16
35. Tselem Elohim = the creation of every human being in the image of God.
"And God created the human being in His image, in the image of God He created him; male and female he created them." [Genesis]





E. TERMS Intro to Judaism terms #14 Israel Jewu 233


1) Spiritual Zionism



2) Political Zionism

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3) Aliyah


4) Palestinian


5) World Zionist Congress


6) Balfor Declaration


7) British Mandate


8) Chaim Weitzman




9) Jewish Agency


10) Exodus


11) UN Partition Plan


12) David Ben Gurion


13) May 14, 1948


14) Kibbutz


15) Major Cities


16) Holy places




17) AIPAC


18) Israel Bonds


19) JUF


20) JNF


21) Knesset