The JGuy's Teacher's and Parent's Guide
Insights, Ideas and Activities for Discussing with Teen Guys What It Means to Become a Jewish Man
A step-by-step guide to creative use of The JGuy's Guide: A GPS for Jewish Teen Guys in the classroom or at home. For each chapter in the book, this guide includes enough material for two or three hour-long lessons, each featuring:
- Clearly stated goals
- A warm-up activity
- Guidance on using portions of the book, along with engaging discussion questions
- A text selection, in Hebrew and English, connected to the topic of the lesson
This comprehensive teaching tool will help you create a safe space for personal sharing and learning.
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Book details
- Author
- Rabbi Joseph B. Meszler
- Imprint
- Jewish Lights, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Pages
- 62
- Formats
- Paperback, Hardcover
- Ages
- 11-14
- Subjects
- Education › Teaching
Religion › Judaism - Topics
- Jewish identity · teen boys · Jewish education · coming of age · Jewish values · classroom activities · religion and adolescence
- ISBN-13
- 9781580237734 (Paperback)9781683363965 (Hardcover)
About the author
RABBI JOSEPH B. MESZLER is the rabbi at Temple Sinai in Sharon, Massachusetts, and the author of A Man’s Responsibility: A Jewish Guide to Being a Son, a Partner in Marriage, a Father and a Community Leader, Witnesses to the One: The Spiritual History of the Sh'ma, and Facing Illness, Finding God: How Judaism Can Help You and Caregivers Cope When Body or Spirit Fails. He is also coauthor of The JGuy’s Guide: The GPS for Jewish Teen Guys.
Meszler serves as an instructor at the Kehillah Schechter Academy.
When he is not writing, Meszler speaks publicly on topics including the spiritual history of the Sh'ma, Jewish male identity, and Judaism’s approach to illness and caregiving. These themes run directly through his books for Jewish adults and teens.