http://en.morim.org/?from=rssMorim.org educational resource center serves a community of Jewish teachers and educators around the world. The offerings include pedagogical programs, activities, and curriculum developed by a team of educators. The programs cover diverse subjects from Holidays to Humor. The site is available in English, French, Russian and Spanish.ENhttp://en.morim.org/?from=rssThe fast: a means of transporting the sadness and pain of yesteryear; a way of making contact with sensations of absence and want. <br><br> In each time of pain, what has been lost is reissued, and becomes impregnated with our fears and frailties, as we confirm anew the ephemerality of existence’s sanctuary, the latter being much more fragile than the walls of the temple of Jerusalem even. <br><br> How to undertake such a trajectory? By rearranging and ever-so-slightly altering the five letters of the Hebrew word EICHA that terrible interrogative “how?”, which prolongs the suffering of the Lamentations, and by answering the former unanswerable question with ayeka, with the "here I am" that has characterized our people since its earliest laments. <br><br> It may well be that such questions are eternal, but grief, in their presence, becomes diluted. And the fast too will pass.Thu, 01 Jun 2006 06:50:22 GMThttp://en.morim.org/Contents.aspx?id=2137&from=rssHow to commemorate the two interrelated fast days of the 4th and 5th Hebrew months (the seventeenth day of Tamuz- Yod Zayin Tamuz and the 9th day of Av- Tisha be’Av), and the days between them (‘ha’yamim ben ha’meitzarim’) on one hand, and how to celebrate the newly-founded State of Israel’s Independence day on the other hand. <br><i> by Marc Silverman </i>Wed, 23 May 2007 08:53:14 GMThttp://en.morim.org/Contents.aspx?id=545&from=rss<br>Thematic project on Tisha B’Av, consisting of different activities, of reading and analysis of literary texts and biblical and Talmudic sources.Wed, 06 Jul 2005 11:46:23 GMThttp://en.morim.org/Contents.aspx?id=2131&from=rssThis program presents Tisha B’Av as a date of tragic events brought about at the hands of bullies. The activities cover identification of bullies in general and historical bullies in particular and optimistically, empowering solutions. That is, what can we do—each of us—to ensure that bullies do not bring about such tragedy ever again?<br><br>This program will help to answer the following (and other) questions:<br><br>• What: What is a bully? What can we do to prevent bullying (locally and worldwide)?<br>• Why: Why do bullies behave the way they do?<br>• Who: Who are some of the bullies in our history (e.g., Nebuchadnezzar, Titus, Turnus Rufus, and Hadrian)?<br>• When: When in history has bullying resulted in tragedies on Tisha B'Av?<br>• Where: Where in the world has bullying resulted in tragedies on Tisha B'Av?<br>• How: How do we avoid being bullied? How do we observe Tisha B’Av?Tue, 01 May 2007 10:41:15 GMThttp://en.morim.org/Contents.aspx?id=2136&from=rssThe following article assumes the subjectivity and particularity of each historical construction, affirming the notion that the destruction occurring on the 9th of Av cannot be perceived in the same way by Romans, Jews, and historians. From there, the author looks at a famous Talmudic text on the historical consequences arising from the Temple’s downfall, and shows how, sometimes, theological descriptions can be the proper conduits for discussing human paradigms.<br><br><i>by Rabbi Joshua Kullock</i>Mon, 07 May 2007 13:51:20 GMThttp://en.morim.org/Contents.aspx?id=283&from=rssGroup activity to further study the topics related to the period that goes from 17 Tamuz to 9 Av.Wed, 06 Jul 2005 11:46:23 GMThttp://en.morim.org/?from=rssThe fast: a means of transporting the sadness and pain of yesteryear; a way of making contact with sensations of absence and want. <br><br> In each time of pain, what has been lost is reissued, and becomes impregnated with our fears and frailties, as we confirm anew the ephemerality of existence’s sanctuary, the latter being much more fragile than the walls of the temple of Jerusalem even. <br><br> How to undertake such a trajectory? By rearranging and ever-so-slightly altering the five letters of the Hebrew word EICHA that terrible interrogative “how?”, which prolongs the suffering of the Lamentations, and by answering the former unanswerable question with ayeka, with the "here I am" that has characterized our people since its earliest laments. <br><br> It may well be that such questions are eternal, but grief, in their presence, becomes diluted. And the fast too will pass.Thu, 01 Jun 2006 06:50:22 GMT