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For The Love
Of Israel

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W

hen young students receive
a consistent dose of educa-
tion about Israel — ancient
and modern — they learn to love the
land.
"It's their birthright," says Andrea
Simons, who teaches third- and
fourth-grade Judaics at Congregation
B'nai Moshe. "It's theirs to own and
take care of — they are the next gen-
eration."
Simons participates in the JEEEP
program for educators through Feder-
ation's Alliance for Jewish Education,
which included a study tour of Israel
last year with fellow teachers.
"I use maps and tie the history to the
current sites so the students see these
events happened in a real place,"
Simons said. 'And I took their notes
and placed them in the Western Wall,
then took photographs to show them.
They used their tzedakah money to buy
four trees in Israel. I never had that kind
of connection to Israel growing up."
The fourth-graders are so enthusi-
astic they wrote a prayer for peace in
Israel, with each student contributing
a line:

Blessed are you God, you can help the
people of Israel to live five from worry or
fear.
May they live to be free to move from
place-to-place without being scared.
Protect their roads so they can drive their
cars and ride on buses in safety.
May Israel know peace with her neigh-
bors and any enemy that may want to
harm her people or her holy land.-
May the people of Israel only have to
walk through metal detectors at airports
and not at malls or restaurants.
May they feel secure so soldiers with guns
will not have to be present in the streets.
Parents will be able to let their children
play in parks without their protection.
Let all people living in Israel have smiles
on their faces.
Let peace shine throughout Israel with
your shining grace.
May your protection warm everyone's
homes and hearts so all people can live
together in peace in Israel.
Please, God, hear our prayer for peace.
Amen.0

— Keri Guten Cohen,
story development editor

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Fourth-graders at Congregation B'nai Moshe wrote a prayer for peace for Israel. The
authors are, top row, Michael Rosenthal, Sam Kirshenbaum, Zachary Starr, Andy
Fischer; middle row, Hannah Fine, Michelle Betman, Julie Katsnelson, Ben Corson;
bottom row, Shira Starr, Mitchell Rosenfeld, Drew Nathanson and Jenna Sperling.