Jewish Teen Initiative at CJP has compiled a collection of resources to help you and our community identify spaces and resources to connect, reflect, discuss and mourn as we mark the October 7th yahrzeit.
Opportunities for Teens
- October 7th – One Year Later (10/6; BBYO)
- Messages of Memory, Hope & Peace: A #JewishBostonTeens Gathering to Commemorate October 7 (10/6; JCC Boston, Jewish Teen Initiative at CJP, BBYO New England and partners)
- October 7: An Evening of Remembrance and Hope (CJP and partners)
Opportunities for Parents & Jewish Professionals
- A Year in Poetry: Marking the Anniversary of October 7 (10/6; Shalom Hartman Institute)
- October 7, One Year Later: A Webinar for Jewish Leaders (10/9; Hornstein Jewish Professional Leadership Program at Brandeis University)
- How Educators Can Overcome Barriers To Engaging With the Conflict (10/10; Mandel Center for Studies in Jewish Education at Brandeis University)
- Conflict, Conversation & Community (Hebrew College)
- Israel – The Generational Divide: A Course for Parents Struggling to Understand Their Children’s Perspectives on Israel (Hebrew College)
- One Year Since 10/7: Perspectives from Communal Leaders (10/15; Hornstein Jewish Professional Leadership Program at Brandeis University)
- Resetting the Table Train-the-Trainer Intensive for Jewish camp professionals (Foundation for Jewish Camp)
Resources
- Art-Making Prompts for Heartbreaking Times (Jewish Studio Project)
- Commemorating October 7th (The Lookstein Center)
- Commemorating October 7th With Our Learners (The Jewish Education Project)
- Everyone Counts: The #BringThemHomeNow Educational Toolkit (M2: The Institute for Experiential Jewish Education and KolHaot)
- From This Moment. For This Moment. (M2: The Institute for Experiential Jewish Education)
- It’s Been a Year: War Stories 2 (For the Sake of Argument)
- Marking the Moment (The iCenter)
- Memory & Hope: October 7, One Year Later (Shalom Hartman Institute)
- Memory & Hope: Rituals for Tishrei 5785 (Shalom Hartman Institute)
- One Year On: Helping Jewish Educators Prepare (Pardes Center for Jewish Educators)
- Reflecting One Year After October 7th: Preparing for the Anniversary (Unpacked)
- Remembering October 7 (JewishBoston.com)
- Resources for Communal Commemorations (Shalom Hartman Institute)
- Supporting Our Youth & Teens: Learning & Talking About Israel (Jewish Teen Initiative at CJP for JewishBostonTeens.com)
- Those We Have Lost (The Times of Israel)
- Yahrzeit: One Year After October 7 – Educator Resources (Moving Traditions)
- Yahrzeit: One Year After October 7 – Parent Resources (Moving Traditions)
Thoughts From the Field
- A Little Bit of Education Goes a Long Way in Fostering Connections to Israel (Aviva Klompas and Rachel Fish, Ph.D. for eJewishPhilanthropy.com)
- As Anniversary of October 7th Approaches, For the Sake of Argument Continues to bring Jewish Communities Together for Healthy Disagreements (Jim Joseph Foundation)
- Commemorating October 7 (Shalom Hartman Institute)
- Memory and Remembrance: Rosh Hashana & October 7 (Shalom Hartman Institute)
- Remembering Oct. 7 With Our Hearts, Heads & Hands (Jonathan Golden for eJewishPhilanthropy.com)
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