Over the course of the last 8 days our 5th Grade students performed a rap about Israel (while keeping their own beat) and various parody songs about the Torah. Our main blog page has footage of the Torah songs and I encourage you to check them out. I know that Ariana filmed our Israel rap so, for those who missed it, the footage is coming soon!
Yesterday's class focused on Olim (or immigrants to Israel). Olim comes from the root word in Hebrew meaning "to go up". When Jews move to Israel it is often said that they are "going up" to Eretz Yisrael. We read about how The War of Independence was followed by a massive migration to Israel from all over the world (Russia, Ethiopia, Morocco, United States, India, Yemen, and Canada to name a few).
For homework, students should do the work at the end of chapter 2 in the book "Our Land of Israel". Students should skip the "write a letter" section.
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