The Hope

Learn the words of Hatikvah AND the Rich Recht song

Educational Goal/Jewish Value

Israel Eduction

Recommended Location

Anywhere

Directions

Start off with everyone writing down their hopes for the summer.

Then play Hatikvah and talk about the meaning of the words and what does it mean for the Jewish state to be the hope.

Write down their hopes for the State of Israel.

Then Play "The Hope" by Rick Recht

Talk about how Hatikvah was written so many years before the state of Israel and The Hope was written after, share what some of the hopes are for the summer and for the state of Israel.

Discuss the following:

1. What does it take to make a hope into a reality

a) for your personal hopes

b) for your hopes for Israel

2. What are patterns that you see that are the same or different for the hopes for Israel and for your Summer

3. What is one action you can do to make your hope happen?

If time: teach the words to Hatikvah

Materials

The music to hatikva and the hope Paper and pens for writing down hopes

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