Exploring Religion in Israel. One World Student Ambassador: Yoni Kalin. Unit Resource #2: Understanding the Reflection

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1 Name: Date: Exploring Religion in Israel One World Student Ambassador: Yoni Kalin Unit Resource #2: Understanding the Reflection Directions: Preview the following questions before you read the Reflection. Identify key words in the questions (you can underline them for quick reference). As you read, pay attention for those key words so that you will know where to look for the answers when you are finished reading. Some of the answers are not in the Reflection, as they require you to connect your own personal experience to the text. It is important to know which kind of question you are answering. Multiple Choice Questions 1. Yoni flew from New York to, a city in Israel. a. Tel Aviv b. Tzfat c. Mt. Sinai d. Cairo e. Rome 2. Israel is a country of square miles. a. 800 b. 8,000 c. 80,000 d. 100,000 e. 180, In his Reflection, Yoni refers to a religious group known as Chassids, who are: a. a Hindu sect b. a group of Christian worshippers c. an ultra-orthodox Jewish sect d. a nomadic tribe e. Buddhist monks 4. All of the following religious sites are mentioned in Yoni s Reflection except for: a. Wailing Wall b. Dome of the Rock c. Pyramid at Giza d. Al-Asqa Mosque e. Church of Holy Sepulcher

2 5. Tzfat is an ancient city in Israel located near: a. Galilee b. West Bank c. Mt. Sinai d. Dome of the Rock e. Jerusalem 6. The Wailing Wall is a famous religious site in Jerusalem because it is where: a. The Chassids originated b. the last wall of a sacred church where early Christians worshipped c. the prophet Muhammad was born d. the last wall of the second Jewish temple destroyed by the Romans e. Muslims go to pray at sunrise 7. When Yoni and his traveling group arrive in Tzfat, he is shocked by: a. a group of children throwing rocks at them b. an older man refusing to let them eat c. that they are denied entry to the Wailing Wall d. the amount of language spoken e. the diversity around him 8. An ultra-orthodox Jewish man refused to let Yoni s friend pray at the Wailing Wall because: a. he did not have a beard b. he was lacking rosary beads c. he was not dressed in black d. it was not the Sabbath e. he was lacking a Tefillon, a special prayer accessory 9. Yoni s experience in Israel left him: a. feeling depressed b. feeling ecstatic c. certain he never wanted to return d. unable to accept injustice and intolerance e. feeling helpless 10. Instead of staying angry over his experience of being stereotyped, Yoni did all of the following except for: a. wrote to release his anger b. turning against ultra-orthodox Jews c. spoke to Israeli soldiers about social conflicts d. gained a greater understanding of how countries have internal conflicts e. avoided stereotyping other groups, including ultra-orthodox Jews

3 Constructed Response Questions 1. What main ideas did Yoni want to convey in Yoni s Reflection? 2. According to Yoni s Reflection, why did the children start throwing rocks at him and his group? 3. According to Yoni s Reflection, how does Israel s internal divisions present as a great threat to their nation as their external enemies?

4 4. The Wailing Wall is a sacred place where people write their wishes, prayers, and dreams on paper and cram them between the stones. What is another place where you have heard that people make similar gestures? What do you think draws people to these places? 5. Yoni realizes that he does not have to reject something just because it doesn t meet idealized expectation. How does Yoni reconcile his experience and not fall into the trap of stereotyping?

5 Essay Prompts Directions: Choose one of the following prompts and write a well-developed response. Circle the prompt you are responding to. Please be sure to use specific details in your essay to develop and support your thinking. 1. Yoni is driven by the question of what drives people to violence. Though he offers several insights, he is unable to come up with an answer. In your essay, explain what you think are the significant factors which drive someone to violence. 2. In the Reflection s epigraph, Yoni writes, the real problem is the mold of ideologies engraved in our philosophies enforcing our dependencies and feeding animosity. How do you think a group s ideologies reinforce stereotypes about themselves and other groups? In your essay, use an example to support your argument.