The Goodman Initiative - Natan Alterman https://goodman.theicenter.org/subjects/natan-alterman en Israel and the Fallen Soldier https://goodman.theicenter.org/activities/israel-and-fallen-soldier <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-rss"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded">This session addresses the complicated sentiments that the Israeli people felt about Israeli soldiers who fought and died during the 1948 War of Independence and the 1973 Yom Kippur War. </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-field-curriculum-themes field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-rss"><h2 class="field-label">Curriculum Themes:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/themes/people%E2%80%99s-hope" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">A People’s Hope</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/themes/dreams-realities" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Dreams &amp; Realities</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-field-materials field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-rss"><h2 class="field-label">Materials Required:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/materials/copies-poems-see-below" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Copies of poems (see below)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-field-program-duration field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-rss"><h2 class="field-label">Program Duration:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/duration/1-hour" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">1 hour</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-field-space field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-rss"><h2 class="field-label">Physical Space:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/space/indoor-space" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Indoor Space</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/space/outdoor-space" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Outdoor Space</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-field-number-campers field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-rss"><h2 class="field-label">Number of Campers:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/number-campers/bunkcabinchug-10-20-campers" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">A Bunk/Cabin/Chug (10-20 campers)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-field-age-campers field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-rss"><h2 class="field-label">Age of Campers:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/age-campers/senior-camp-13-%E2%80%93-15" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Senior Camp (13 – 15)</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/age-campers/oldest-campers-16" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Oldest Campers (16+)</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/age-campers/staff" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Staff</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-field-core-learnings field-type-text field-label-above view-mode-rss"><h2 class="field-label">Core Learnings:&nbsp;</h2><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">The heaviest price of Israel&#039;s wars and conflicts has been the loss of life.</div><div class="field-item odd">The image of the Israeli soldier changes along with the events and wars occurring in Israel. After the War of Independence In 1948, the soldier is illustrated as a victor bringing independence to the state. After the Yom Kippur War in 1973, the soldier is no longer depicted as the hero because he has been defeated.</div></div></section><section class="field field-name-field-activity-explanation field-type-text-long field-label-above view-mode-rss"><h2 class="field-label">Explanation:&nbsp;</h2><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> </p> <ol><li>We will now look at two poems from two different time periods that deal with the topic of fallen soldiers.</li> <li>Give out copies of <em>A Silver Platter</em> by Natan Alterman. Ask one camper to read the poem out loud. Ask the group for comments or lines that stand out to them. Ask:</li> </ol><ul class="rteindent1"><li>What is the vision of the soldier in this poem?</li> <li>When do you think it takes place?</li> <li>Why do you think they call themselves the "silver platter?"</li> <li>What do you make of the line: "Thus they will say and fall back in shadows And the rest will be told In the chronicles of Israel?"</li> </ul><ol start="4"><li>When appropriate, you can fill in some of the background of the poem (after giving them a chance to respond to the questions):</li> </ol><ul class="rteindent1"><li>Natan Alterman was a poet who was born in Warsaw and moved to Tel Aviv with his family in 1925, when he was 15 years old.</li> <li>He wrote the poem during Israel's War of Independence in 1948.</li> <li>For him, the "silver platter" refers to a comment popularized by Israeli President Chaim Weizmann and attributed to him on December 15, 1947, soon after the UN decision to partition Palestine: "The state will not be given to the Jewish people on a silver platter."</li> </ul><ol start="5"><li>Ask the campers what they think of Alterman's version of Weizmann's statement. Are the Israeli soldiers the "silver platter" that are responsible for the state being created?</li> <li>Explain that we will now be looking at a more contemporary vision of the Israeli soldier. This song was written by 18-year-old Reuven Politi who was killed during the Yom Kippur War a few weeks after he wrote the poem. He was a fighter in the Egoz reconnaissance platoon, which went out on an ambush mission in the Golan Heights that day. Reuven replaced a soldier friend of his who was delayed reaching his platoon.</li> <li>Have one camper read the poem. Ask the group the following questions:</li> </ol><ul class="rteindent1"><li>How is the image of the soldier different in this poem?</li> <li>Why do you think the soldier here keeps talking directly to his parents?</li> <li>What are the lines that especially speak to you?</li> <li>What does the difference between the two poems say about the difference between how Israeli soldiers are seen in 1948 vs. in 1973?</li> </ul><ol start="8"><li>If necessary, fill in the campers' understanding of what Israel was like during the Yom Kippur War in 1973.</li> <li> <p>Bring the group back together and do a quick debrief. Ask the group if there were things that surprised them about other people's thinking or their own.</p> </li> </ol></div></div></section><section class="field field-name-field-background-card-files field-type-image field-label-above view-mode-rss"><h2 class="field-label">Background Cards:&nbsp;</h2><div class="field-items"><figure class="clearfix field-item even"><a href="https://goodman.theicenter.org/sites/default/files/27-event-YOM%20KIPPUR%20WAR-content%20cards.jpg" title="" class="colorbox" rel="gallery-node-26-IEYdcp8zOnk"><img typeof="foaf:Image" class="image-style-thumbnail" src="https://goodman.theicenter.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/27-event-YOM%20KIPPUR%20WAR-content%20cards.jpg?itok=3oGk6Maf" width="67" height="100" alt="" title="" /></a></figure><figure class="clearfix field-item odd"><a href="https://goodman.theicenter.org/sites/default/files/sites/default/files/background/7-symbol-IDF-content%20cards.jpg" title="" class="colorbox" rel="gallery-node-26-IEYdcp8zOnk"><img typeof="foaf:Image" class="image-style-thumbnail" src="https://goodman.theicenter.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/sites/default/files/background/7-symbol-IDF-content%20cards.jpg?itok=Rmle2MZO" width="67" height="100" alt="" title="" /></a></figure><figure class="clearfix field-item even"><a href="https://goodman.theicenter.org/sites/default/files/19-event-INDEPENDENCE%20WAR-content%20cards.jpg" title="" class="colorbox" rel="gallery-node-26-IEYdcp8zOnk"><img typeof="foaf:Image" class="image-style-thumbnail" src="https://goodman.theicenter.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/19-event-INDEPENDENCE%20WAR-content%20cards.jpg?itok=E5wOuO6h" width="67" height="100" alt="" title="" /></a></figure></div></section><section class="field field-name-field-supporting-materials field-type-file field-label-above view-mode-rss"><h2 class="field-label">Supporting Materials:&nbsp;</h2><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="file"><img class="file-icon" alt="PDF icon" title="application/pdf" src="/modules/file/icons/application-pdf.png" /> <a href="https://goodman.theicenter.org/sites/default/files/Israel%20Fallen%20Soldier%20poems.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=796403">Israel Fallen Soldier poems.pdf</a></span></div></div></section><section class="field field-name-field-subjects field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-rss"><h2 class="field-label">Curricular Subjects:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/subjects/yom-kippur-war" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Yom Kippur War</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/subjects/war-independence" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">War of Independence</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/subjects/israel-defense-forces-idf" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Israel Defense Forces (IDF)</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/subjects/natan-alterman" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Natan Alterman</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/subjects/joseph-trumpledor" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Joseph Trumpledor</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/subjects/un-partition-plan" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">UN Partition Plan</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-field-attribution field-type-text field-label-above view-mode-rss"><h2 class="field-label">Attribution:&nbsp;</h2><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">MZ Teen iConnect</div></div></section> Tue, 03 Apr 2012 21:31:29 +0000 Natalie Blitt 26 at https://goodman.theicenter.org