Sixth Grade News

This past Sunday our class flew through hundreds of years of Jewish history. Beginning with the holiday of Sukkoth, celebrating harvest and time to be together in a time when Jews were constantly on the move. We then settled in the time of the first temple, who it was built by and how it changed the lives of the Jewish people. Every student contributed to a great discussion about what a temple can do for a mobile people who escaped from slavery in Egypt. We then moved on to talk about the wealth of Israel in the time of the temple and how several empires came and took over. The students wrote copious notes and asked questions, it was thrilling to see them interacting with such complex material! Then we moved on to talk about the story of Purim and how it was connected to the Jewish history we had been talking about and the Sukkoth holiday. We ended our lesson talking about the idea that the Jewish people were and always have been moving, whether escaping or or being kicked out. We, as Jewish people are the ultimate travelers and how that can effect people in positive, but complex ways. We then broke into our groups for Hebrew and then a celebration in the Sukkah. It was truly a fantastic Sunday and I am so proud of every student and their contribution.