Jewish Fairy Tales and Legends
Choose one (1) of the twenty-five stories in this collection of Jewish Fairy Tales and Legends, available at https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26711/pg26711-images.html
Read the story and take some notes, thinking about:
How does this story relate to Jewish teachings, history, and/or beliefs?
Is there a lesson to be learned from this story? What is that lesson?
How does this story relate to modern life and modern issues, and how might it be updated to teach the lesson in a modern context?
Write a brief discussion consisting of at least 11-12 sentences that focuses on your thoughts, reactions, and ideas about the story.
Your discussion is required to address the following:
Very brief (no more than 2-3 sentences) summary of the story.
What is the lesson (or lessons) that we are supposed to learn from this story? Explain your reasoning.
How does this story relate to Jewish teachings, history, and/or beliefs from the textbook reading?
How would you update this story so that it feels more modern and relatable, and yet still teaches the same lesson? Be specific.
Your discussion can address additional concepts related to the story, as well, if desired.
Quotations from the Jewish Fairy Tales and Legends story reading may be used in your discussion for context, if necessary, but please keep in mind that long quotations do not count towards the writing length requirements.
Read the story and take some notes, thinking about:
How does this story relate to Jewish teachings, history, and/or beliefs?
Is there a lesson to be learned from this story? What is that lesson?
How does this story relate to modern life and modern issues, and how might it be updated to teach the lesson in a modern context?
Write a brief discussion consisting of at least 11-12 sentences that focuses on your thoughts, reactions, and ideas about the story.
Your discussion is required to address the following:
Very brief (no more than 2-3 sentences) summary of the story.
What is the lesson (or lessons) that we are supposed to learn from this story? Explain your reasoning.
How does this story relate to Jewish teachings, history, and/or beliefs from the textbook reading?
How would you update this story so that it feels more modern and relatable, and yet still teaches the same lesson? Be specific.
Your discussion can address additional concepts related to the story, as well, if desired.
Quotations from the Jewish Fairy Tales and Legends story reading may be used in your discussion for context, if necessary, but please keep in mind that long quotations do not count towards the writing length requirement.
