Dilemmas Worksheet

Procedure:

Think about your own response to the dilemma and give everyone in your group a chance to state their view before you start a free discussion. Try to give reasons for your own position, in accordance with your role.

No.1

What do you think about the peace process as young Israelis?

        [Hint: good/bad for Israel - in what way?

               how is it paced?]

No.2

If territory is the price for peace, should Israel make concessions?

        [Hint: will territorial concessions endanger Israel's

        security?]

No.3

Which is more important - having the whole land of Eretz Yisrael or

having a smaller state where the majority of residents will be Jewish?

No.4

A new immigrant from [choose where from] has entered your class. How

will you relate to him or her?

        [Hint: how do you feel about new immigrants, especially from

        the US/former USSR/Romania/Ethiopia? Do you empathize with

        them?]

No.5

Think of three major factors which can ensure the survival of the

Jewish people.

        [Hint: Hebrew language, State of Israel, teaching the

        Shoa, Jewish traditions, Jewish education, serving in the IDF,

        marrying another Jew, keeping kosher, observing Shabbat...]

Which of these seems least important?

To which of these are you committed as a young Israeli?