prejudice, discrimination, or hostility toward Jews

a festival that commemorates the saving of the ancient Jewish community in Persia

qualities and characteristics that make up an individual or group

cruel treatment of a person or group by another person or group over a long period of time

The story of Esther and Haman

Religious education

Rosh Hashanah: diverse Jewish celebrations

Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur

How Jews mark Purim today

The story of Hanukkah

Hanukkah and Jewish identity today

In this unit pupils will study three Jewish festivals and the stories connected to them: Rosh Hashanah, Purim and Chanukah. They will make links between the stories of Esther and Judas Maccabee and the continuing survival of Jews. They will examine diversity within these festivals.

Jews: how does remembering maintain Jewish identity?

A festival that commemorates the saving of the ancient Jewish community in Persia is called ...

The Jewish festival of Purim remembers the story of which famous Jewish woman?

the qualities and characteristics of a person or group

Which of the below is a definition of identity?

Prejudice, discrimination, or hostility toward Jews is called ...

The King of Persia married a beautiful, young Jewish woman called Esther.

The king’s chief minister, Haman, made everyone bow before him.

Mordecai would not bow before the evil Haman.

Haman told the king to send out a decree to kill all Jews.

Esther pleaded for the king to change the decree.

Haman was punished as a traitor and Mordecai became the chief minister.

Put the events of the story of Esther and Haman in order.

since the beginning of the twentieth century.

The feeling of regret for one's wrongdoing is called ...

he did not do what God had asked him to do.

During Rosh Hashanah apples are eaten dipped in ...

The story of Esther and Haman

Lesson outcome