[HANASHIR:14341] Re: Another Hatikvah question

[sholom <sholom...>]

> At 12:57 AM 05/20/2003, Rahel wrote:
>>The next year, in a different class at a different synagogue, I was
>> asked  by a student if I could teach the class about Jesus Christ
>> [sic]. I  declined stating that we were here to learn about Judaism. I
>> suggested  that they could research about Jesus Christ [sic] in many
>> other places and  on their own time.

Well put.   After all we live in a secular/Christian type society and,
particularly for Hebrew School kids, they spend almost all school hours at
a secular/Christian-type school.

The time is short, so Judaism needs to be taught as much as possible in
the few allotted hours.

BTW, I was musing on this question, and though of a nice comeback to the
kids.

Ask them:

1.  How many of you konw the name of Jesus' mother?

2.  How many of you know the name of Moses' mother?

And conclude: "and that's why we're going to spend time on learning Judaism."

-- Sholom

(As I'm writing this, you could also ask: how many of Jesus' 12 disciples
can you name?  How many of the 12 Jewish tribes can you name?)

(Or, simply: How many Jewish religious thinkers can you name who lived in
the past 750 years -- excluding the past 100?)

(Or: what can you tell me about what the (so-called) New Testament is? 
What can you tell me about what the Gemara is?)

(Very sadly, there are too many examples . . . . )


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