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EDUC 553

EDUC 553. Jewish Literature: Cultural Authenticity Perspectives and Teaching Pedagogy & Sustained Silent Reading. Introduction. Jewish literature reflects their values and beliefs

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EDUC 553

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  1. EDUC 553 Jewish Literature: Cultural Authenticity Perspectives and Teaching Pedagogy & Sustained Silent Reading

  2. Introduction • Jewish literature reflects their values and beliefs • It includes messages that show the importance of values such as faith, learning, hospitality, knowledge, cooperation, and charity • Jewish literature provides a history of the Jewish people and the years of emigration and immigration • Much of the Jewish literature with which we are familiar is Holocaust literature that is historical fiction, biography, and autobiography Norton Chapter 7 Benedictine University

  3. Jewish Literature Basic overview

  4. Historical -Chronological Narrative • Biblical Period (Narrative, History and Literature) • Hellenistic and Talmudic Period (History and Literature) • Medieval Period I (History; Jewish Communities in the Middle Ages) • Medieval Period II (Jewish vs. Arab-Muslim Civilization, Jewish vs. Christian-European Civilization; Religion, Literature, Philosophy, Exegesis, Arts and Sciences) • On the Verge of Modernity (History: 17-19th centuries; Emancipation, Haskalah, Hasidism; Responses to Modernity in Jewish Thought, Culture and Society) Benedictine University

  5. Historical -Chronological Narrative • Jewish Nationalism and Jewish Culture in 19-20th centuries (Zionism, Aliya, Jewish National Movements in Diaspora; Hebrew Renaissance; Yiddish and Yiddishism) • Anti-Semitism and Holocaust • The State of Israel (History, Society; Israel-Diaspora relations; Contemporary Challenges) • Israeli Culture • Jews in Russian Empire, the USSR and post-Soviet Russia (including regional history) Benedictine University

  6. Year & Life Cycles Basic Jewish literacy includes knowledge and active awareness of the Jewish Life and Holiday Cycles Benedictine University

  7. Year & Life Cycles • Jewish Time and Jewish Calendar • Shabbat • High Holidays & Succoth • Hanukkah & Purim • Pesach & Shavuoth • Israeli Holidays, Memorial Days, “Minor” Holidays and Fasts • Jewish Life Cycle. Brit-Mila & Bar/Bat-Mitzva • Wedding • Death and Mourning • Jewish Space: Home (Mezuza, Kashrut) & Synagogue Benedictine University

  8. Jewish Text • Classical Jewish texts are the key to Jewish culture • They manifest the particular Jewish perspective on fundamental human issues and dilemmas • “Talmud Torah” – studying Jewish texts is a basic Jewish practice, a central element of Jewish identity through the ages Benedictine University

  9. Value Clarification & Jewish Bookshelf • Tanakh • Midrash & Talmud • Medieval Jewish Thought • Medieval Jewish Liturgy and Poetry • Hasidic Texts • Hebrew Literature of 19-20th centuries • Yiddish Literature • First Generations of Israeli Writers • Contemporary Israeli Literature • Modern Jewish Literature in the Diaspora Benedictine University

  10. Historical Background • Jewish text provides a historical background that stresses the importance of literature to a people who were denied a homeland for twenty-five centuries Norton Chapter 6 Benedictine University

  11. Goldreich • Emphasizes the importance of the prose and poetry of the people • It sustained them and ensured their survival as a people • The written word was the portable homeland of the Jews • They carried their precious books from country to country • Each generation added to this literature and taught it with gentleness and love • Reading and writing, the study of books, the weaving of words, are a form of worship for the Jewish people • “To read the story of one’s people means to become united with that people” Norton Chapter 6 Benedictine University

  12. What does it mean to be Jewish? • Approximately 13 million Jewish people • Three definitions (Kertzer, 1993): • Religious • Spiritual • Cultural • Rabbi Kertzer, original author of What Does It Mean To Be Jewish? states that Judaism is not a ‘race’ Norton Chapter 6 Benedictine University

  13. Years of Emigration and Immigration • Emigration in the early 1900s • Jewish families sought to escape the political, economic, and religious restrictions placed on them • They searched for sanctuary, freedom, and a better life • Jewish people needed inner strength to take these great risks to escape persecution and to create new lives • 2.5 million Jewish immigrants arrived in the United States between 1880 and 1924 • Most came from Eastern Europe, particularly Russia • (Due to the pogroms – A pogrom is a form of riot directed against a particular group, whether ethnic, religious, or other, and characterized by killings and destruction of their homes, businesses, and religious centers. Web Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pogroms) Norton Chapter 6 Benedictine University

  14. The Holocaust in Children’s and YA Literature • Informational books, biographies and autobiographies and historical fiction set in WWII often focus on the history of the Holocaust and the experiences of Jewish people in hiding and in concentration camps • Stories tend to be emotional with vivid conflicts dealing with the consequences of war and prejudice • Themes include: • Consequences of hatred and prejudice • The search for religious and personal freedom • The role of conscience • Obligations toward others Norton Chapter 6 Benedictine University

  15. Slides 25 – 34 present a few examples of Jewish Children's literature Norton Chapter 6 Benedictine University

  16. Editorial Review: "This is an excellent book for sensitizing young people of any denomination to recognize injustice." -- Church & Synagogue Libraries Product In this unique introduction to the Holocaust, Eve Bunting encourages young children to stand up for what they think is right without waiting for others to join them. Benedictine University

  17. This work was set in Berlin, 1942. When Bruno returns home from school one day, he discovers that his belongings are being packed in crates. His father has received a promotion and the family must move from their home to a new house far far away, where there is no one to play with and nothing to do. A tall fence running alongside stretches as far as the eye can see and cuts him off from the strange people he can see in the distance. But, Bruno longs to be an explorer and decides that there must be more to this desolate new place than what meets the eye. While exploring his new environment, he meets another boy whose life and circumstances are very different to his own, and their meeting results in a friendship that has devastating consequences. Benedictine University

  18. What was it like in the railway cattle cars bound for Auschwitz? This novel, first published in Germany in 1992, tells it from the viewpoint of an 11-year-old Jewish girl. Alice Dubsky has spent two years in hiding in a basement, protected from the knowledge of the Nazi persecution of the Jews. Now suddenly, crammed with nearly 50 people in the hot, stinking darkness of the train car, she faces the fact that they are prisoners being taken to a camp. Benedictine University

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  21. I Never Saw Another Butterfly The Butterfly The last, the very last, So richly, brightly, dazzling yellow, Perhaps if the sun’s tears would sing against a white stone . . . Such, such a yellow Is carried lightly ‘way up high. It went away I’m sure because it wished to kiss the world good-bye Benedictine University

  22. I Never Saw Another Butterfly Cont. 1942 Pavel Friedmann (p. 39) For seven weeks I’ve lived in here. Penned up inside this ghetto. But I have found what I love here. The dandelions call to me And the white chestnut branches in the court. Only I never saw another butterfly That butterfly was the last one. Butterflies don’t live in here, in the ghetto. Benedictine University

  23. A young woman's promise to her dying grandmother leads her on a quest to discover the truth of her own family's mysterious beginnings in this grim retelling of the classic fairy tale "Briar Rose," or "The Sleeping Beauty." In Yolen's modern-day version, the wall of thorns becomes a barbed-wire prison, while the sleeping princess is both victim and heroine. The latest in the "Fairy Tale" series showcases Yolen's skill at transforming the real world into a realm of fantasy. A good selection for adult and YA fantasy collections. Benedictine University

  24. The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7B8ioiZz7M Benedictine University

  25. Some References to Explore • United states Holocaust Memorial Museum for Teachers • www.ushmm.org/education/foreducators • Anti-Semitic Propaganda • www.adl.org/holocaust/ Benedictine University

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