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Let’ ’ s Talk Jewish students all over the world are using the textbook , Friends Across the Sea . In this unit , we began to learn about Jewish communities in different places . If you are corresponding with students in Israel who are also using this textbook , you can compare your lives with each other and with those of the students who participated in the Friends Across the Sea Forum . The following are examples of questions that you could ask students in Israel in order to stimulate conversation : Are all your friends Jewish ? Do you have contact with non-Jews ? Would you like more contact ? Explain your answer . What is it like to live in a country where most of the people are Jewish ? Did you know that there were Jews in my country ? What would you like to learn about our life here ? Do you have any Jewish relatives or friends living outside of Israel ? If so , where ? Name several things that surprised you in the first chapter of the textbook , Friends Across the Sea , concerning our lives in the Diaspora . The following are examples of questions that students in Israel are likely to ask you about your lives as Jews living in the Diaspora : Describe your family background . Have members of your family lived in your country for many generations ? If not , when and from which countries did they emigrate ? Are most of your friends Jewish or non-Jewish ? Does it matter to you whether they are Jewish or non-Jewish ? Explain your answer . Have you ever felt any hostility toward Jews ? If yes , describe when . Do you speak Hebrew ? If so , where did you learn ? Have you visited Israel ? If you went to Israel , what would you most want to see ? Do you identify with anything that anyone in the Friends Across the Sea Forum said ? If so , with what ?
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