RESOURCES
MAKING SENSE OF TRAGEDY
After Terror: 5 Jewish Ways to Help Kids Deal (2018, Reform Judaism)
Care for Caregivers: Tips for Families and Educators (2016, National Association of Schools Psychologists)
Helping Young Children Cope after Exposure to a Traumatic Event (2012, Zero to Three, Early Connections Last a Lifetime)
Helping Your Children Manage Distress in the Aftermath of a Shooting - a short article on how to talk with your children after a shooting (by the American Psychological Association, 2019)
Responding to Children When Tragedy Occurs - parenting tips on how to respond and when to seek medical help (by the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC)
Helping Children and Adolescents Cope With Traumatic Events (National Institute of Mental Heath)
Helping Children to Process Acts of Terrorism (2018, Reform Judaism)
Helping Children with Tragic Events in the News (PBS, 2018)
Helping Children to Process Acts of Terrorism - includes information for all ages and avenues for action (Reform Judaism)
How to Deal with Gun Violence: 5 Things to Do Today (Your Teen Magazine, May, 2022)
Jewish Resources for Coping with Acts of Terror and Violence (Reform Judaism, 2022)
Practical Advice for Parents: How to Help your Child Following a Trauma - this article (by the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh) was written after the 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue shooting
Recovery from Large Scale Crises: Tips for Crisis Teams and Administrators (2018, National Association of Schools Psychologists)
Serving as an Educator at a Time of Loss, Pain, and Grief - written after the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting; this article shares short Jewish activities to help process a crisis/tragedy (2018, Shuki Taylor, eJewishPhilanthropy)
Talking to Children about Violence: Tips for Parents and Teachers (2016, National Association of School Psychologists)
Teaching in the Wake of Violence (2022, Facing History and Ourselves)
** A booklist from PJ Library (May, 2022)
ANTI-SEMITISM
How to Talk to your Children about Anti-Semitism (2022, PJ Library)
Talking to Children about Hate Crimes and Anti-Semitism (2018, National Child Traumatic Stress Network)
STAYING CURRENT WITH ISRAELI AND JEWISH NEWS
Your Kids are Ready to Talk about Israel, Are You? (2014, Sivan Zakai and Miriam Heller Stern, Kveller)
Newspapers
Y’diot Ahranot - http://www.ynetnews.com
Jerusalem Post - http://www.jpost.com
Ha’aretz - http://www.haaretz.com
JTA - http://www.jta.org
The Times of Israel - https://www.timesofisrael.com
Sites that usually have regular updates for an Israel or Jewish crisis
The United Jewish Communities - https://jewishfederations.org/fedworld - the umbrella organization for Jewish Federations nationwide
The Israel Project - https://www.theisraelproject.org/israel - an international non-profit organization that provides journalists and leaders accurate information about the Middle East. It is not related to any government or government agency.
HeyAlma - www.heyalma.com/israel-guide/ - a Jewish website that gives a overview of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Israel Ministry for Foreign Affairs - http://mfa.gov.il
Jewish Virtual Library - http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/
ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) - Israel section on the site - https://www.adl.org/about/adl-israel
DEATH, BURIAL AND MOURNING
Death and Mourning 101 - an overview article with links offering explanations and videos of specific terms and practices (MyJewishLearning.com)
Creditor, Menachem. "Prayer in the Aftermath of a Devastating Storm." (2012)
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RESPONDING TO COLLEYVILLE, TEXAS
** Five Tips for Talking with Children about Hate Incidents from ADL
** Explaining the News to our Kids Common Sense Media (updated 2020) - Age-based tips
on how to talk to kids about the news
** Facing History and Ourselves: Responding to the Synagogue Attack in Colleyville, Texas
Lesson Plan for Jewish Settings (2022)
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