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).


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

Prayer for Israel's safety

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).

1. The title for the picture is

2. When I look at the picture I feel:
 
3. I like this picture because

 

4. 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.

Click 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.
1. Who is the Minister of Defense ? 

2. Who is the
Prime Minister?  

3. Who is the Minister of Foreign Affairs?

4. Choose a Minister that you would like to find more information about .
Which Minister did you choose?

5. What did you find out?

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:

WebQuest - Israel

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

Israel and Zionism    

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

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

3. 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.
a. I interviewed
b. The event is   
 
c. I learned that   

4. 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?
B. Why is the Holocaust mentioned?

C. What is the appeal which was addressed to the Jewish people all over the world?
 

Name: 
Class:
   
School:

Links
Aish Hatora
Jacob Richman
Jewish Education
ETNI
Torah.org
Israel's Independence Day,
The Knesset

Yom Ha'atzmaut, Wikipedia
Pictures of Israel, Jacob Richman
National Photo Collection, State of Israel
CIA - Fact Book

If you have any comments please email  Sigalit Arditi

Last updated 19/07/09