Tenth of Av (Do-it-yourself Jewish Adventure Series) - Softcover

Roseman, Kenneth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0807403598 ISBN 13: 9780807403594

Publisher: Urj Pr, 1988

Synopsis

The reader travels back to the year 70 of the Common Era to the city of Jerusalem, burning at the hands of Roman soldiers, and must decide whether to fight or flee--the first of many decisions throughout the book, all concerned with real events in Jewish history.The reader travels back to the year 70 of the Common Era to the city of Jerusalem, burning at the hands of Roman soldiers, and must decide whether to fight or flee--the first of many decisions throughout the book--all concerned with real events in Jewishhistory

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Grade 4-6 In the Hebrew calendar, Av 10 marks the date when, in the year 70, the Second Temple was destroyed by the conquering Romans. The holiday of Tishah Be'av is observed by Jews as a day of mourning in commemoration of the destruction. This book details the events in and around Jerusalem from 70 to 200, as individual Jews made choices of what to do. Roseman uses the participation format, asking readers to make decisions: e.g., in escaping from Jerusalem and the Romans do you join a peaceful group of religious students living at Qumran, or do you go to Masada, still hopeful of defeating the Romans? Readers who follow all of the choices will learn much about conditions during that period. This is history only slightly fictionalized; there is no characterizationjust "you are there" factual descriptions. This is a good hi-lo examination of that period. Ruth Shire, Mount Vernon Public Library,
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Edition details

• Publisher: Urj Pr
• Publication date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0807403598
• ISBN 13: 9780807403594
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 127