w/ Robyn Silver
We are going to make a video/documentary using imovie. We
will interview people from all religious Jewish backgrounds who practice
different sects of Judaism. For example we will interview two different rabbis,
orthodox students and reform students, and individuals who are connected to
Judaism culturally instead of religiously.
Possible Questions:
How would you feel if Jerusalem was no longer part of the
Jewish homeland?
Why is it part of who you are?
What does Jerusalem mean to Judaism?
Have you ever visited Jerusalem?
How did you feel different about your religion after you
visited Jerusalem?
Jerusalem has a lot of meaning to other religions too, how
do you feel about sharing the city with this other religions?
What if the Western Wall was part of Palestinian territory?
Possible People:
Rabbi Ben Burger (modern orthodox), Zollman at chabad
(traditional orthodox, very religious), Sarah (chabad- Rabbis wife), Karen
Cohen (Israeli living in U.S.), friends living in Israel, Nathan Meese, Regan
Siegel, random friends in the Jewish community/people at hillel, Ilana Nurko.
This may be too much of a digression from your project proposal, but you should also interview a few individuals who are not Jewish. There would be two main reasons for doing this. The first is that when the class discussed what it mean't to be Jewish many people were confused by the idea that being Jewish is both a religious and to some extent a cultural identity. It would be worthwhile to see how some non-Jewish people define Jewish identity. Specifically, one interesting person to interview would be a devout Christian, as there are some Christians who seem to express a strong personal connection to and support for the state of Israel. I would be eager to see if a person of this nature would view Judaism and Christianity as being more closely connected than many would believe.
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