Jewish Identity
Scrapbooking Project
Grade 4
Kerem Shalom
This workbook will be your guide to completing your project.
The project begins with choosing a family member who you
would like to research. You may wish to choose a relative who
you can interview in person or by phone and who can supply
you with some photographs. You might wish instead to rely on
stories and photos that one of our parents can provide. You will
be creating a scrapbook that compares your Jewish life to your
relative’s life in 4 different areas. Inside this workbook you will
find more than 4 ideas to complete this. The requirements for
completion of this project are:
Date due
• Choose a relative to research
• Complete at least four of the pages of
this workbook in addition to the first three
pages
• Collect artifacts (pictures, stories and
articles) that support your research
• Use the space provided in the workbook
to neatly write your answers. You will
then be able to cut out the box and glue
it into your final project.
• If you prefer you may do your writing on a
computer
The actual scrapbook will be assembled in class.
Photos and artifacts will be glued into your project so
please have copies made of valuable documents or
photos instead of using the originals.
Title Page
The name of my scrapbooking project is:
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The name of my relative and how I am related is:
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Date:
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This is how I got the information in my scrapbook:
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This scrapbook has been created by:
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Who are we?
My name: _________________________________________
My birth date: ______________________________________
City that I was born in: ______________________________
My Hebrew Name: _________________________________
Names of my parents:
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Place where you live now: __________________________
Favorite sport: ________________________________
Favorite color: _________________________________
Favorite book: ________________________________
Favorite leisure activity: ________________________
A picture of me
Who are we?
My relative’s name: __________________________________
My relative’s birth date: ______________________________
City that my relative was born in: _____________________
My relative’s Hebrew Name: _________________________
Names of my relative’s parents:
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Place where my relative lives now: ___________________
Favorite sport: __________________________________
Favorite color: __________________________________
Favorite book: __________________________________
Favorite leisure activity: __________________________
A picture of my relative
Jewish Holidays
Which holiday is your favorite and why? Which holiday
is your relative’s favorite and why? Include drawings of
the holiday or pictures taken at the holiday.
A Jewish Holiday and how I celebrate:
5-14, no all of them. Make sure this is on every
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ssignment and the scope of the requirements. Check
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in with them every single week and be sure that
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progfress is being made! Call home if you need to.
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A Jewish Holiday and how my relative celebrates:
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Hebrew School Experience
Compare your Hebrew School experiences. Some
questions you might ask are:
• How often did you go to Hebrew school?
• What were your teachers like?
• What did you learn?
• How old were you when you started?
• Did you have a music teacher and if so what did
you sing?
• What was the rabbi like?
• Think about a really great experience at Hebrew
school and why was so terrific.
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My Hebrew School Experience:
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My Relative’s Hebrew School Experience:
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Favorite Jewish Food
What is your favorite Jewish Food and what is your
relative’s? Include a photograph of the food or a
recipe for each page. It might be fun to copy the
recipe onto a recipe card and include the card.
My favorite Jewish food:
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My relative’s favorite Jewish food:
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Ritual Object
Ask your relative about a meaningful ritual object. This
could be a menorah, a seder plate, Shabbat
candlesticks, a mezuzah, a tallit, etc. Take a photograph
or draw a picture of the object. Choose a ritual object in
your home that is important to you and also photograph it
or draw it. You may bring the object in and we will take a
digital photo here.
My ritual object: _______________________________
Why it is meaningful to me: _____________________
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My relative’s ritual object: ____________________________
Why it is meaningful to them: _________________________
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Favorite Jewish Literature
What is your favorite book written on a Jewish
theme or by a Jewish author? What is your
relative’s? Write a short paragraph on the impact
of this book on your life and on your relative’s life.
You might include a photo of the book – we can
take a digital photo here.
My favorite Jewish book or author and why:
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My relative’s favorite Jewish book or author and why:
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Synagogue
What does your synagogue look like and how
does that compare to your relative’s synagogue.
Talk about the outside, the feel of the building, the
art work, what the bimah and the ark look like.
Compare the two. We have a photo of Kerem
Shalom to use. Find pictures if you can.
This is what my synagogue looks like:
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This is what my relative’s synagogue looks like:
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Celebrations
Describe a Bar/Bat Mitzvah or Jewish Wedding
that you have been to and have your relative do
the same. What things are the same and what
things are different. Try to find some photos for
these pages.
A celebration that I attended: _____________________
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A celebration that my relative attended: __________
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Person who has had the most impact on
My Jewish Identity.
The person you are thinking about may even be
the person that you are interviewing. Think about
who has influenced your Jewish Identity and why.
Ask your relative the same question. For these
pages, try writing a note or card to the person and
ask your relative to do the same. Tell the person
about their influence on your identity.
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Dear ____________________,
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Jewish Song
Is there a song that you love? Is there one that
makes you feel a special way? Ask your relative
also. If you can, include the music or the words to
the song. If you need help finding the words, your
music teacher can help.
A Jewish song that has meaning for me: ___________
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A Jewish song that has meaning for my relative:
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Your Own Ideas
Use this page to think of other ideas. You might be
interested in comparing how you think about God,
things you each did in youth group, how you think
about services.
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