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Throughout our lives we search to find people and places where we feel that we belong, that we are seen and valued. As we seek out different communities, we are confronted with questions about beliefs and boundaries, obligations and responsibility. To experience true community can be a real gift, but it’s not always easy

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How do we build community?

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This resource offers the opportunity to engage with the issue of immigration through the lens of community. Through an analysis and subsequent challenging of different proposals and models of immigration, it prompts learners to think about building communities with a shared sense…

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YIMBY or NIMBY? [yes in my backyard or no in my backyard]

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This resource encourages us to think about the choices we make when we build new and necessary infrastructure – where does it go? Who makes the decisions? Am I okay with it being in my backyard or not? How does it connect…

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What are our shared resources?

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This resource prompts us to think about different skills and resources that we have, and those that we might need from others, in order to thrive in a climate-changing world. It gets us to ask both – “what can I offer?” and…

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Is exclusion ever good?

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This resource provides an opportunity to explore the value of community in a world where cancel culture impacts the way we think about what it means to draw lines of who is in and who is out. It integrates a Jewish historical…

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Putting the “I” in community

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Are we “allowed” to care more for our family than others?

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This resource was created in response to the horrific terror attacks on Israel by Hamas, and specifically engages with the hostage crisis. It is designed by educators for educators as a tool for processing the events of the moment through a values-based…

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Are humans meant to be together or alone?

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This resource provides an opportunity to think deeply about the value of community in the context of a world of increasing loneliness. It prompts us to think about the ways we ourselves might be different when we are alone and when we…

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