Hi Kelly, I found you through Substack Shoutout. My site is thecholent.substack.com, where I try to function as a sort of informal Jewish news service for my community in Seattle. Wow, brave of you to tackle this right off! I just wanted to share a couple of sources you might find useful or interesting, because I think a huge part of this topic is left out of most reports, which is the role of Iran and other Arab countries that have perpetuated the refugee crisis and aided violence.
Hi Emily, Thanks for reading and for the links! There's always a ton more I can learn about these things. I hope you all like Aru Shah - my 7 year old highly recommends them as read alouds (though they're probably written more with tween ages in mind)!
New to this, it's great! Can't wait to read more. I was in elementary school teacher and I remember vividly explaining the Israel Palestine conflict too
my class years ago. Kids are actually uniquely suited for understanding nuance, though in some ways they are very concrete. Even my Orthodox Jewish students understood both the motivations and the transgressions on both sides. Kids are the best conversation partners for this stuff :-)
Hi Sarah, Thanks for reading - I agree that kids are such interesting conversation partners about these things! And my kids especially ask so many questions you feel like your head's going to spin and it really challenges what you think you know!
Hi Kelly, I found you through Substack Shoutout. My site is thecholent.substack.com, where I try to function as a sort of informal Jewish news service for my community in Seattle. Wow, brave of you to tackle this right off! I just wanted to share a couple of sources you might find useful or interesting, because I think a huge part of this topic is left out of most reports, which is the role of Iran and other Arab countries that have perpetuated the refugee crisis and aided violence.
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/11/how-the-media-makes-the-israel-story/383262/
https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2021/0528/From-Tehran-to-Jerusalem-via-Gaza-A-Hamas-rocket-s-trajectory
And my own post as I mired through this last round of conflict, which includes a ton of additional links:
https://thecholent.substack.com/p/not-this-again
Good luck with your work! I have four kiddos - solidarity! And I'm going to check out Aru Shah - we are in need of a good new series here.
Hi Emily, Thanks for reading and for the links! There's always a ton more I can learn about these things. I hope you all like Aru Shah - my 7 year old highly recommends them as read alouds (though they're probably written more with tween ages in mind)!
New to this, it's great! Can't wait to read more. I was in elementary school teacher and I remember vividly explaining the Israel Palestine conflict too
my class years ago. Kids are actually uniquely suited for understanding nuance, though in some ways they are very concrete. Even my Orthodox Jewish students understood both the motivations and the transgressions on both sides. Kids are the best conversation partners for this stuff :-)
Hi Sarah, Thanks for reading - I agree that kids are such interesting conversation partners about these things! And my kids especially ask so many questions you feel like your head's going to spin and it really challenges what you think you know!