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Is Your Teen a Member of the Tribe (M.O.T.T)?
WELCOME TO THE M.O.T.T. CLUB!
The M.O.T.T. Club is a POST Bar/Bat Mitzvah
program that seeks to prepare young men and
women to be more informed, involved and
responsive members of the Jewish community.
Our brand new and innovative curriculum will
use trigger films to launch timely and relevant
discussions on the Jewish perspective of
issues facing individuals in today’s society. |
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Topics include:
• Anti-Semitism Today
• Prejudice in Judaism
• Homosexuality in Orthodox Judaism
• Jewish Attitude to Drugs
• Jewish Attitudes to Dating and Sexual Ethics
• Individual Needs or Community Needs – Which Takes Precedence?
• Parents and Children: Responsibilities and Respect
• The Jewish Attitude to Wealth and Money
• Learning How to Perform Acts of Kindness
• Getting Pregnant to Abort and Using Stem Cells to Heal Illness
• Euthanasia: The Jewish View
• Which Needy Recipient Deserves a Liver Transplant More?
• Jewish View of Tattoos and Burial
• Why Remember the Holocaust
• The State of Israel: Modern Orthodox vs. Charedi Views
• Children’s Questions About G-d
• Fear of Death and the Jewish Attitude to Death
• Is Murder or Revenge Ever Justified?
• When to Tell and Not to Tell the Truth
• Misleading People
• Honesty
• Defining a Human Being – what Makes Him Unique?
• Jewish Concepts of Prayer and Mourning |
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Rabbi Yaakov Meyer offers Judaism’s interpretation and perspective on the situations presented. Teens then have an open forum to develop their opinions and express themselves. Schmooze sessions encourage the teens to speak their minds and articulate their individual ideas.
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The M.O.T.T. Club is open to teens in grades 8 through 12.
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