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The Charlotte Jewish News - February 2010 - Page 12 Youth Visions Torah in the Twilight Zone -- Lessons from Another Dimension Submitted for your approval ... 8th, 9th, and 10th graders, watch ing classic television episodes and relating them to Jewish values. They will travel through many dimensions: a dimension of sight, of sound, of mind. What’s that, that signpost up ahead? It’s ... Torah in the Twilight Zone] One trimester every year, the Consolidated High School of Jewish Studies offers Torah in the Twilight Zone, where 8th, 9th, and 10th graders get to watch an episode from the original Rod Serling series (1959-1963), and then try to determine the Jewish values that are expressed in the final moral lesson. Not all the episodes that aired back the mid-20th century had a moral lesson. Some were just scary. Some just had an ironic twist. But many tried to bring their audience a valuable example of morality. Take for example, “Dust,” the episode that opened this year’s Torah in the Twilight Zone class. It takes place in the late 19th century American west, where a Mexican- American teenager is scheduled to hang for running over a little girl 'd hi Larry Horowitz, CLU, ChFC Financial 5950 Fairview Road, Suite 608 Charlotte, NC 28210 704-556-9982, Fax: 704-369-2918 Helping in the CREATION, PRESERVATION & DISTRIBUTION of your Estate Securities and Investment Advisory Services offered through Woodbury Financial Services, Inc. Member FINRA, SIPC and Registered Investment Advisor. Financial and Woodbury Financial Services, Inc., are not affiliated entities. Students watch Maple Street. ” “The Monsters are Due on 24-Hour Relief From Back Pain Self Inflating Far-Infrared Heat Healing Pad Back Rest Foot and Head Bed Wedges Back and Seat Car Support Inversion Table RE LAX THE BACK feel better, work better, live better better PARK TOWNE VILLAGE 4435 PARK ROAD Between Montford & Woodlawn Near Starbucks 704-523-3377 relaxtheback.com “With Harvey’s encouragement, caring and dedication, today I am a successful entrepreneur who Is exceedingly happier than I have ever been.” Ira Bass, President, ISMedia, LLC www.ibrredia.biz * * * CarolinaBusinessCoach.com 704.604.1655 Harvey Smith in his wagon while drunk. Is he really the bad guy in the story? What about the peddler who sold the rope to the sheriff to hang him? What about the condemned man’s desperate father? What does Judaism tell us about the death penalty, about taking advantage of those in need, about deceiving customers in merchandising? There is also “The Rip Van Winkle Caper,” in which four men do wretched and horrible things for their share in stolen gold. What is really the value of gold? In what situations are other things more valuable than gold or money or materials possessions? When did the Jewish people do despica ble things for something gold? In “Eye of the Beholder,” we leam that beauty is really defined by The the society in which we live. Who Zone! ■ "zom' makes those decisions? Why do we follow what society dictates? Do we judge people by their phys ical beauty? What happened when King David was mesmerized by Bathsheba’s beauty? There will be more episodes and more lessons to leam. “The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street,” “A Penny for Your Thoughts,” and “Death’s Head Revisited” are among the upcom ing episodes. If your teen is in the Twilight Zone class, ask them about our fascinating discussion each week, as we venture into unknown territory, in the Twilight Packages Delivered to Soldiers of the IDF from Talmud Torah’s Teen Club About two weeks before Chanukah, Talmud Torah’s Teen Club packed Chanukah packages for the solders of the IDF. The packages contained warm hats. The packages were organized by the Teen Club’s Activity Coordinator, Mushka Weiss. For more information about Teen Club, please visit www.talmud- torah.net/teens. ^ Israeli soldiers receive their care packages. scarves, and tons of Chanukah goodies. Dovi Klarberg of Diamonds Direct and former member of the elite Israeli Special Forces Unit gave the teens an inside per spective of what it’s like to train and serve in the IDF. The teens were so inspired by the stories that they enclosed personal messages in the Chanukah packages, wishing the soldiers well. The packages were then sent off to Israel to be distributed among the sol diers. Here is the response from the Chabad represen tative in Chevron: “The packages were a huge suc cess! The soldiers really loved them, and it was apparent that the teens put in a lot of effort into pack ing them.” Representatives from Chabad in Israel presented the care packages to the soldiers. The soldiers were happy to receive the packages no matter how they were delivered.
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