To Learn Is to Do: A Tikkun Olam Roadmap

Text-based study of tikkun olam ("repairing the world") using Torah, Torah commentary, and other primary sources.

For Grades 4-6

Features

• Introduces related mitzvot
• Includes Hebrew key words, roots, and phrases related to tikkun olam
• Highlights organizations that do the actual everyday work of tikkun olam
• Can be used as an independent curricular unit, or integrated into Hebrew, text-study, Torah, or tzedakah curricular units
• Attractive, humorous black-and-white line drawings

Benefits

• Provides roadmap of tikkun olam
• Teaches students that being Jewish involves both learning and doing
• Provides practical, realistic ways for students to begin their lifelong connection to ethical living
• Highlights values embodied in text sources
• Focuses on the organizations, traditions, and rituals that help us carry out those values
• Enables teachers to make connections between text study and Jewish living