In Honor of Israel's 60th Independence Day

Click here for Israel at 60 unit.

Israel's Independence Day (Yom HaAtzmaut) begins the minute Israel's memorial Day ends, and the switch from sorrow to joy is quite sudden and dramatic.

Israel's Independence Day is celebrated annually on 5 Iyar, the anniversary of the establishment of the State of Israel (May 14, 1948).

	Israel's National Anthem - Hatikva
Click on the picture to pray for the safety of Israel	Sing the National Anthem

Pictures of Israel     

Work in pairs and choose a picture that you both like. Print it, give it a title and explain why you like it.

 Click here to look at the pictures (Word file).

The title for the picture is

When I look at the picture I feel:  

I like this picture because

What is Israel for you?

What does it mean to be Israeli?

	Write your comments and thoughts in the

Click here to read what Israel means to other people.
 

Let's help Israel

Click on this picture to read about 54 ideas on how to help Israel.
Work with a friend and decide about three ways that both of you think are especially helpful. Write them here. Think of one thing that you could do to help the community/ a friend/ a neighbor or a stranger. Let us know how you help others. Write in the

Getting to know our leaders

Who are the people who lead our country?

Click on the following link to learn Click here.

Who is the Minister of Defense ?
 
Check your answer: The Minister of Defense is Ehud Barak

Who is the Prime Minister?
 
  Check your answer: The Prime Minister is Ehud Olmert

Who is the Minister of Foreign Affairs?
   Check your answer: The Minister of Foreign Affairs is Tzipi Livni

Choose a Minister that you would like to find more information about (by clicking on his name).  

Which Minister did you choose?  

What did you find out?  

WebQuest - Israel

Click on the following links to learn about Israel.
Click here for Israel Webquest (Word document).

Make Israel a better place for us

In this activity you will work in small groups. You will decide on a problem that affects you or your friends/community and send a short email to the appropriate Minister.
Click on the name of the Minister and you'll see his/her email.

Group members:

Our problem is:

Our letter is:

The Minister that we decided to send this letter to is:

his/her email is:

Israel and Zionism    

Learn what happened in Israel's history.
Click on this link and choose a year.
Write a fact sheet on the year that you chose.

Write your draft here:

Interview an older friend/member of the family
Click here to download this activity as a Word document.

Interview a friend or an older member of the family about a special event that changed the face of Israel.

Any event that interests you is appropriate.

I interviewed

The event is  

I learned that

Write a fact sheet and display in your class.
 

Israel's Declaration of Independence
 (Advanced Level)

Read the Declaration of Independence of the state of Israel.

For English click here       For Hebrew click here

A. What are the three principles upon which the state of Israel is based? Choose your answer: 1. Immigration, freedom, faith 2. Freedom, justice, peace 3. religion, conscience, culture   Check your answer: 3. religion, conscience, culture

B. Why is the Holocaust mentioned?  Choose your answer: 1. To show how urgent it was to build a home for Jews. 2. To make the world feel pity for us. 3. Because it was a significant event.

Check your answer: 1. To show how urgent it was to build a home for Jews.

C. What is the appeal which was addressed to the Jewish people all over the world? Choose your answer: 1. To strive for peace. 2. To immigrate to Israel and help to build the country. 3. To help the countries in the Middle East.

Check your answer: 2. To immigrate to Israel and help to build the country.

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Last updated 05/05/08