Families Archives - Teach the Shoah https://www.teachtheshoah.org/tag/families/ Teaching the Holocaust through Story Wed, 17 May 2023 03:55:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://www.teachtheshoah.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/cropped-TTS-Stacked-Square-32x32.png Families Archives - Teach the Shoah https://www.teachtheshoah.org/tag/families/ 32 32 165884252 Stand at the Water Gate with Me https://www.teachtheshoah.org/2021/10/01/stand-at-the-water-gate-with-me/ Sat, 02 Oct 2021 03:38:37 +0000 https://www.teachtheshoah.org/?p=237734 Our ancestors have always moved into the unknown. Their strength and stories help us as we move and grow. Consider a sunny Rosh Hashanah morning, 2500 years ago. Before the ruins of the First Temple, the men and women of Jerusalem gather at the Water Gate. [Redirects to the Times of Israel]

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]]> 237734 Teaching the lessons of the Holocaust through storytelling, not allegory https://www.teachtheshoah.org/2019/11/20/teaching-the-lessons-of-the-holocaust-through-storytelling-not-allegory/ Wed, 20 Nov 2019 07:28:23 +0000 https://www.teachtheshoah.org/?p=238412 Stories are the bounty of Jewish culture. The Torah builds from our origin with history and lessons for living and dying. If the Torah is a tree of life, then storytelling is its roots. We teach our values to our children through the stories of our ancestors. What, then, do we do when we need to tell stories that are difficult to hear? How do we apply our tradition of storytelling to the story of the Holocaust? [Redirects to the Times of Israel]

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]]> 238412 Can we just color camels? Do we need to teach the hard stuff? https://www.teachtheshoah.org/2019/10/14/can-we-just-color-camels-do-we-need-to-teach-the-hard-stuff/ Mon, 14 Oct 2019 07:46:17 +0000 https://www.teachtheshoah.org/?p=238416 Can’t religious school be just about coloring camels from Torah portions? Do we have to teach the hard stuff? Many religious school education directors have fielded questions along these lines from concerned parents.
In classic Jewish fashion, the best answer is another question: How do we want our children to learn about the Holocaust? [redirects to the Times of Israel]

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]]> 238416 The fragile window is closing: Now WE must tell their stories https://www.teachtheshoah.org/2019/10/01/the-fragile-window-is-closing-now-we-must-tell-their-stories/ Tue, 01 Oct 2019 07:51:29 +0000 https://www.teachtheshoah.org/?p=238418 “Why do we need to teach this at all?” The Holocaust, she meant. Why do we need to teach the Holocaust in our religious school? [Redirects to the Times of Israel.]

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]]> 238418 How to talk to your kids about the Holocaust https://www.teachtheshoah.org/2018/10/17/how-to-talk-to-your-kids-about-the-holocaust/ Thu, 18 Oct 2018 01:38:06 +0000 https://www.teachtheshoah.org/?p=238465 “Mom, what do you know about the Holocaust?” You swallow, take a deep breath, play for time, your mind racing. “They’re not old enough to know about this,” you think to yourself frantically. “Can’t I hold on to their innocence just a little bit longer?” They’ll never be old enough. No one is old enough to really deal with the atrocities of the world. I know I’m not. But ignoring evil does not make it go away. Ignoring evil gives it space to grow. We must face evil, and we must help our children to face it. [redirects to the Times of Israel.]

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]]> 238465 Building communities through the stories of individuals https://www.teachtheshoah.org/2018/08/22/building-communities-through-the-stories-of-individuals/ Thu, 23 Aug 2018 01:49:08 +0000 https://www.teachtheshoah.org/?p=238474 Storytelling is an ancient art that gives voice to our values and our history. Through our stories, we build our communities. But we can only appreciate the depth of these communities when we tell the stories of the individual people who make up the community. [Redirects to the Times of Israel.]

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]]> 238474 An affirming way to teach your kids, and yourself, about the Holocaust https://www.teachtheshoah.org/2017/04/24/an-affirming-way-to-teach-your-kids-and-yourself-about-the-holocaust/ Tue, 25 Apr 2017 02:27:05 +0000 https://www.teachtheshoah.org/?p=238502 I used to dread the very idea of talking to my kids about the Holocaust. The story of the Holocaust was a burden. I did not look forward to having to pass that burden on to my children. But I had only heard half the story. [Redirects to Kveller.com]

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