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A Journey with Herzl: Herzl Educational Materials

Learn about Herzl, Learn about Yourself

In June 2010, at the 36th World Zionist Congress, the WZO introduced innovative kit of educational materials for use in formal and informal settings.

Journey with Herzl (for ages 13 – adult)

The educational kit entitled A Journey with Herzl is comprised of a facilitator’s handbook and instructions for the implementation of four workshops. The guide includes texts excerpted from Herzl’s writings, which can be used to challenge participants to imagine the sort of Israel they would like to see come into being, to consider what role they might have in bringing that about, and to examine the personal meaning of Jewish statehood in their own lives. Also included in this kit is a 14-minute video from the Herzl Museum as well as worksheets (easily duplicated) for participants. Materials are appropriate for use with ages 13 to adult.

Journey with Herzl Educational Kit  | Price: $36.00
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On Herzl’s Mind (educational game)

Never content to focus only on the immediate exigencies of the Zionist movement, Herzl was always imagining what the Jewish State he dreamed of would one day look like. “On Herzl’s Mind” is an interactive educational kit based on a color poster, which graphically illustrates the profusion of Herzl’s ideas. The kit comes with a set of cards with images capturing those ideas, a complementary set of excerpts from his writings, and background material intended for the workshop’s facilitator. In the activity itself, half the group is given a card with one of the images emanating from Herzl’s extraordinary imagination and the other half a card with a quotation from his utopian novel, Altneuland. Participants set off to match one with the other, learning about Herzl and his vision in the process.

On Herzl’s Mind  | Price: $18.00
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Both items purchased and bundled together  | Price: $50.00
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A Travelling Exhibit About Herzl

Herzl: Up Close and Personal:In Pursuit of the Zionist Vision

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  • One-Page Exhibition Guide
    The 24 page Visitor’s Guide looks at each of the exhibit’s major themes, puts the theme in an historical context, examines the major issues addressed in the exhibition and provides some simple exercises to engage the visitor in the issues raised. | Download
  • 24-Page Visitors’ Guide | Download
  • PowerPoint Presentation About the Exhibit | Download

The Herzl Exhibition Guide is a handbook for educators and youth leaders which contains programming materials and resources for five 2-hour sessions. Purchase here.

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Herzl: Up Close and Personal

About the Exhibit| Order the Exhibit | About Herzl | Herzl Educational Materials

A Presentation of the Herzl Museum and Educational Center and the Department for Zionist Activities, World Zionist Organization.
Distributed in the United States by the American Zionist Movement

Through photographs, illustration, graphics and text, the exhibition and accompanying program and activity guides bridge present and past, imbuing a new generation with an understanding of the Zionist vision, the context in which it emerged, and its relevance today.

This engaging exhibit will address questions such as:

  • Who was this man who so dared to dream?
  • What were the circumstances in which he lived, and the influences on his life that brought him to the conclusion that the only answer to the Jewish question was a Jewish state?
  • How was he able to convince others of the practicality of his implausible cause?
  • What obstacles and disappointments would he face in his fervent struggle to secure a homeland for the Jewish people, and how would he persevere in spite of them?
  • What, indeed, would a Jewish home fashioned by Herzl look like – and how do contemporary realities measure up against his century-old blueprints?
  • How do we understand the essence of Zionism today? In what ways does it continue to be relevant to our lives?
  • How do we carry on meeting the challenges and fulfilling the promise of Herzl’s vision?
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