“I want to teach responsibility at camp. Help me move beyond a general message about helping others and create a program with real tensions our teens can wrestle with.”
“I'm planning a session on Jewish peoplehood for college students. Help me clarify what I want them to explore and design an experience that invites genuine participation.”
Let's work out which part of peoplehood you want them to explore. It's a big idea, and a session that tries to cover all of it usually stays at the level of "we're all connected."
Here are three ways people understand peoplehood. See which one pulls at you.
1. Shared story and fate. Jews are bound by a common history, memory and destiny, so what happens to Jews anywhere touches Jews everywhere.
2. Mutual responsibility. Being part of the people means you owe something to other Jews, and they owe something to you, even when you disagree or don't like each other.
3. Belonging across differences. The Jewish People is a family that holds many different kinds of Jews: observant and secular, Israeli and diaspora, Ashkenazi, Sephardi, Mizrahi, Jews of color, interfaith families.
Tell me whether one of the three lenses fits, or whether you see it differently.






