Monday, August 18, 2014

Your Kids Are Ready to Talk About Israel. Are You?

By Sivan Zakai & Miriam Heller Stern for Raising Kvell

Talk About IsraelOur children are listening. When we pore over news sources and incessantly check our Facebook feeds to find out the latest from Israel and Gaza, our children are watching. When we whisper in muted voices or cry out in protest about the situation in the Middle East and the resurgence of anti-Semitism around the world, our children are hearing.

How do we talk to young children living far away from Israel about the current situation when they are not yet old enough to understand terms like “Zionism” or “anti-Semitism” or “terrorism” or “occupation”?

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