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The Yiddish Book Center’s Great Jewish Books Teacher Resources

The Yiddish Book Center’s Great Jewish Books Teacher Resources

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Where does modern Jewish culture fit in your classroom?

Our resource kits help answer that question.  

  • The Sukkah in Modern Jewish Literature and Culture
  • Social Realists of the Great Depression
  • Sacrilege and Sacredness on Yom Kippur
  • Divorce in Modern Jewish Culture
  • The Pride of Argentina: the Jewish Town of Moisés Ville
  • This Is the Moment I Trained for in Hebrew School
  • “Off the Derekh”: Losing and Leaving Religion
  • Glückel of Hameln: The Life of an Early Modern Jewish Woman
  • Secret Chord: Leonard Cohen’s "Hallelujah"
  • A Letter to Harvey Milk
  • The Akedah in Israeli Poetry and Art
  • The Dybbuk
  • Emma Lazarus's "The New Colossus"
  • Kheyder Days
  • Grace Paley's "The Loudest Voice"
  • Vanessa Hidary's "The Hebrew Mamita"
  • Isaac Bashevis Singer's "Gimpel the Fool"
  • Tevye the Dairyman
  • Kadia Molodowsky’s “God of Mercy"
  • Jews and the Invention of the Movies

About This Site

What can you find here?

Resource Kits

Browse resources for teaching modern Jewish literature and culture.

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The Great Jewish Books Teacher Workshop, a program of the Yiddish Book Center, is made possible with support from the Jim Joseph Foundation, which is devoted to fostering compelling, effective Jewish learning experiences for youth and young adults in the U.S. Additional funding for this site has been provided by The Applebaum Foundation and by Yiddish Book Center members.

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