JustASC

What do we teach when we teach about Israel? My column this week, prompted by my kids’ currrent and upcoming trips to Israel:

And as my teenagers head to Israel, I have two conflicting worries: The first, that they’ll absorb an idealized version of Israel that will either harden their politics or eventually lead to disillusionment; the second, that they’ve already absorbed the world’s jaundiced view of the Jewish state, and grown a cynical shell that no teacher or tour guide can crack.

So how do you cultivate a young person’s engagement with Israel so that he is neither naive to the point of gullibility, or knowing to the point of disdain?

This entry was posted on Wednesday, April 30th, 2008 at 4:05 pm and is filed under JustASC. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.