JTracks - Jewish History & Ethical Dilemmas Curriculum

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Modern Jewish History

1. From Exile to Emancipation

1. From Sovereignty to Exile

2. Jews in Christian or Muslim Lands During the Middle Ages

3. The Early History of Jews in England

4. The Early Modern Period - Hasidim and Mitnagdim

2. Emancipation

1. Introduction to Emancipation

2. The Emancipation Process

3. Significance of the Emancipation for Jews

4. Emancipation in Britain

3. Tradition V Modernity

1. Haskalah

2. Integration vs Isolation

3. Tradition and Modernity in the UK

4. Antisemitism

1. From Jew-Hatred to Antisemitism

2. The Dreyfus Affair – A Case Study in Antisemitism

3. Antisemitism Around the World

5. Immigration

1. The Great Migration

2. Immigration to America

3. Global Jewish Immigration

6. Zionism

1. Building New Lives in the Land of Israel 1882–1914

2. Theodor Herzl and the Zionist Dream

3. The Balfour Declaration

7. The Interwar Years 1918 - 1939

1. World Jewry

2. Jewish Life in Poland: A Case Study

8. The Holocaust

1. Hitler’s War Against the Jews 1933–1945

2. The Holocaust Through the Eyes of a Young Girl

3. Surviving the Holocaust

9. The British Mandate Period

1. The British Mandate in the Land of Israel

2. Laying the Foundations for a Jewish State

10. From Exile to Return

1. From Exile to Return

Israel Studies

1. Avar

1. The Importance of Israel

2. The First and Second Aliyah

3. Why Do People Migrate?

4. Immigration to Israel in the 1940s and 1950s

5. Immigration to Israel in the 1980s and 1990s

2. Achshav

1. Minority Groups in Israel

2. Religion and State

3. Security Threats and Disaster Relief

4. Environmental Challenges and Solutions

5. Israel’s Government

Ethical dilemmas

1. Ethics of Triage

1. Introductory Lesson: Triage Decisions

2. Priorities in healthcare spending

2. Ethics of Artificial Intelligence

1. Introductory Lesson: The Opportunities and Challenges of AI

2. AI: Privacy and Surveillance