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Teaching Jewish Values: A Research Guide

Teaching Jewish Values: A Research Guide. AVI CHAI Bookshelf Webinar May 5, 2009 Presented by Joyce Levine North Shore Hebrew Academy H.S. Objectives.

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Teaching Jewish Values: A Research Guide

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  1. Teaching Jewish Values:A Research Guide AVI CHAI Bookshelf Webinar May 5, 2009 Presented by Joyce Levine North Shore Hebrew Academy H.S.

  2. Objectives This is an 11th grade course designed to teach Jewish values. The assumption of the course creator was that the best way to impart these values to teens is through use of the media and pop-culture.

  3. The Research Paper The following assignment was handed out by the course teacher in Judaic Studies: • 1. You are to choose an ethical or Jewish values topic of your choice to research. • 2. You must find Judaic sources on your topic- both in Hebrew with an English translation. Some of the more modern literature may help you in finding these sources. You should use a dictionary or ask for assistance when translating sources. • 3. You must find something in the media that relates to your topic- it can be a clip from a film or tv show, an article in a magazine, or something that you create on your own. This “trigger” if in video form may not exceed 20 minutes. • 4. You must hand in the following: • a. a half page typed outline or description of the topic you have chosen, the question(s) that you are addressing, and your ‘method’of teaching or imparting information and discussion on the topic. • b. a source sheet/ packet of at least 5 sources in hebrew with translation. After each source you must explain its relevance to your topic. • c. your “trigger” from the media.

  4. Books for your project are on a special book truck in our library JEWISH VALUES RESEARCH PROJECT ALL BOOKS MUST REMAIN IN THE LIBRARY SO THEY WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR EACH CLASS.

  5. Classical and Reference Works • Encyclopedia Judaica (Online via Angel and Print Edition in the Reference Section) • Aspaklaria (An encyclopedia of Jewish concepts in Hebrew – located in the Rotunda) • Baḥya ben Joseph ibn Paḳuda. Sefer Torat Ḥovot ha-levavot = ספר תורת חובות הלבבות. Yerushalayim: Feldheim, c1996. • Orchot tzaddikim =: The ways of the tzaddikim. Jerusalem: Feldheim, 1994. • Ramhal. Mesilat Yesharim. Online at http://www.shechem.org/torah/mesyesh/index.htm • Twerski, Abraham J. Lights along the way: timeless lessons for today from Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto's Mesillas Yesharim. Brooklyn, N.Y: Mesorah Publications, 1995.

  6. Modern Works • Jewish bioethics. Hoboken, NJ: KTAV Pub. House, c2000. • Dorff, Elliot N. Matters of life and death: a Jewish approach to modern medical ethics. Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, 1998. • Dorff, Elliot N. To do the right and the good: a Jewish approach to modern social ethics. Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, 2002. • Fendel, Zechariah. The ethical personality: a comprehensive analysis of the Torah approach to ethics, including the Iggeres ha-Ramban and the Iggeres ha-mussar of Rabbe Yisroel Salanter, as well as a selection of ethical-mussar narratives = [Ṿe-halakhta bi- derakhaṿ]. New York: Hashkafah Publications, 1986. • Fendel, Zechariah. The Torah ethic: a comprehensive analysis of those aspects of the Torah ethic which bear upon the interpersonal relationship between man and his fellow man, including the Ethical bequest of the Rambam, and a selection of ethical-mussar narratives = [£̀e-ahavta le-reakha]. New York: Hashkafah Publications, 1988. • Pava, Moses L. Business ethics: a Jewish perspective. [New York]: Ktav Pub. House, c1997. • Pliskin, Zelig. [Netsor leshonkha me-ra' (romanized form)] = נצור לשונך מרע : Guard your tongue ; a practical guide to the laws of loshon hora based on Chofetz Chayim. Jerusalem: Pliskin, c1975. • Pliskin, Zelig. Love your neighbor: you and your fellow man in the light of the Torah : a practical guide to man's relationship ... culled from the full spectrum of Torah literature. Jerusalem: Aish HaTorah Publications, c1977. • Pliskin, Zelig. The power of words = כח הדבור: a practical guide to the laws of 'oanoas dvorim' (the Torah prohibition against causing pain with words), with alternative approaches for effective communication. Brooklyn, N.Y: Benei Yakov, 1988. • Rosner, Fred. Biomedical ethics and Jewish law. Hoboken, N.J: KTAV Pub. House, c2001. • Shulman, Nisson E. Jewish answers to medical ethics questions. Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson, c1998. • Telushkin, Joseph. A code of Jewish ethics. New York: Harmony Books, c2006-. • Telushkin, Joseph. Jewish wisdom: ethical, spiritual, and historical lessons from the great works and thinkers. New York: Morrow, c1994. • Wagschal, S. Guide to Derech eretz. Southfield, MI ; Spring Valley, NY: Targum Press ; Dist. by Feldheim Pub, 1993.

  7. Online Research Tools • Our School Library Website • Encyclopedia Judaica Online • Rambi (Index of Articles on Jewish Subjects http://www.jnul.huji.ac.il/rambi/ • Bar Ilan Database www.responsa.co.il • Encyclopedia Talmudit

  8. Websites on Jewish • Marsha B. Cohen’s Jewish Ethics site http://mcohen02.tripod.com/ethics.html • Topics in Jewish ethics http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Judaism/jewethictoc.html • Jewish Medical ethics http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Judaism/medtoc.html • Business Ethics Center of Jerusalem http://www.besr.org/ • Journal of Halacha and Contemporary Society http://www.daat.ac.il/daat/english/Journal/index.html • Webshas - acts of kindness in the Talmud  http://www.webshas.org/main.htm

  9. Contemporary Tie-ins Trigger from the media: Find an ad, a song, a video, or anything from the media that refers to one of the above concepts.

  10. Current Events Tie-Ins Use an item from a current newspaper (e.g. The New York Times) about an ethical issue.

  11. Horizons in Bioethics Series • The bottom line. Teaneck, N.J: Jerusalem Religious Council, Distributed by Ergo Media, 1991, c1992. Summary:  This video explores the medical and ethical dilemmas by dealing with two separate stories. in one, gangrene in the leg of an 82-Year old woman to amputate, against her wishes. in the second, a man with dementia, simply chooses to stop eating. Can treatment be forced on these patients against their will? Which is more important: life or the quality of life? Where do we draw the line between who lives and who dies? Ultimately, who makes that decision? • Dr. Grey's baby. Teaneck, N.J: Jerusalem Religious Council, Distributed by Ergo Media, 1991, c1992. Summary:  Dr. Grey runs an experimental fertility clinic for couples, which enables the prospective parents to "design" their offspring. In addition, he has clandestinely embarked upon his own experiment - a fetus growing in a completely artificial womb. Should he keep the experiment a secret? When diagnosed with terminal brain cancer, should Dr. Grey's own physician reveal the truth to his patient, thereby jeopardizing Dr. Grey's revolutionary work? • The last infusion. Teaneck, N.J: Jerusalem Religious Council, Distributed by Ergo Media, 1999, c1999. Summary:  The Talmud describes a classic situation whereby two people are lost in the desert with only enough water for one of them. Which one gets the water? This scenario has many practical implications in today's society. In an emergency situation with many casualties and only one remaining transfusion, who will get it? In a disaster such as an earthquake or bombing, whom do you save first? Patients, doctors, nurses, family and hospital administrations deal with these ethical questions on a daily basis. • A question of authority. Teaneck, N.J: Jerusalem Religious Council, Distributed by Ergo Media, 1991, c1992. Summary:  A young mother of two is in an advanced state of pregnancy. After a terrible fall, she is rushed to a hospital where, although she is declared "brain dead," she is kept alive by a respirator. The doctors want to deliver the baby by cesarean section in order to save its life. The father resists - he is afraid that the child may have suffered brain damage. The hospital administrator doesn't know what to do and calls in a judge to deliberate. Where does Jewish halacha stand on the issues? • My name is John. Teaneck, N.J: Jerusalem Religious Council, Distributed by Ergo Media, 1999, c1999. Summary:  Robert morris is in dire need of a liver transplant. A cloning clinic will supply a health liver at a cost of $200,000. The liver, however, belongs to John, a clone who was genetically engineered specifically for organ transplantation. Would Jewish Law sanction such a procedure? Is it ethical? Are we allowed to clone a human being, even for the purpose of saving another's life? What if the futuristic "golem" were to take revenge on his creator? These are but some of the issues confronted in this futuristic video.

  12. Bibliography for Educators Messinger, Nancy M. Selected Resources on Jewish Values, Ethics, and Moral Education. The Auerbach Central Agency for Jewish Education Melrose Park, PA. Rev. 2008. Online. Available: http://www.acaje.org/assets/pdf/educationalResources/JValsEths&MrlEd.pdf Note: The inspiration for this course came from Rabbi Norman Amsel, who produced curriculum material for NCSY on the subject. (His material can be purchased under the title LAVE – Life and Values Education project). Contact: namsel@netvision.il

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