In Experiencing the Jewish Holidays students don't just learn about the Jewish holidays, they celebrate and rehearse the celebration of the holidays.
This is an active, experiential approach to Jewish holidays that fuses actual celebrations with role-playing, cooking, eating, shaking, sounding, and many other activities. Each holiday has opportunities. Student photography and realia help to document the journey through the Jewish year.
Plato taught, “The best way to learn how to do something new is by doing it.” In Experiencing the Jewish Holidays kids don't just learn about the Jewish holidays, they celebrate and rehearse the celebration of the holidays. This book is a series of experiences, a constantly moving way of mastering the acts involved in celebrating the Jewish holidays.
You don't read this book—you do it. This is an active, experiential, doing-oriented approach to Jewish holidays.
