Current Events

Goals:

The chanichim will understand the dilemma that the government is faced when a soldier is kidnapped, and feel connected to the difficulty and pain on a personal level.

The chanichim will become familiar with the stories of the major MIAs.

To teach the chanachim that Israel is a very special country with many balances that it has to deal with.

When Gilad Shalit was 11 years old, he wrote a story about a shark and a fish. 8 years later he was kidnapped by terrorists. Today, 11 year olds are reading his story, hoping for his release.

1. The chanichim should understand that the issue of disengagement is not black and white, and there are emotional, ideological, political and personal sentiments behind each and every opinion.

2. The chanichim should see that this is an issue that every Israeli cares about, and that American Jews should think about and attempt to form opinions about as well.

A PPT about the MIA with pics of each one of them