The Youth Division of the Union for Reform Judaism, in partnership with the North American Federation of Temple Youth (NFTY), has prepared the following materials to be used in response to the new Mel Gibson movie, The Passion of the Christ. We hope you find them helpful. Please feel free to use these materials and adapt them as needed.

• How to Speak to Reform Jewish Youth about Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ* – for Youth Workers and Clergy from Rabbi Eve Rudin, Director of NFTY and the URJ Kutz Camp
• Debriefing The Passion of the Christ: A Guide for Temple Youth Groups
• Where Do We Begin? A Guide for NFTY Temple Youth Groups to Foster Dialogue with Our Christian Neighbors
• Guidelines for talking about The Passion of the Christ for teachers and educators from Rabbi Jan Katzew, Director of URJ Department of Lifelong Jewish Learning

• Knowledge is Our Greatest Ally: The Issues Raised by Mel Gibson’s The Passion of The Christ – A program for Grade 8 through Adults: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 (Word Documents)

• A statement on The Passion of the Christ from the Youth Leadership of NFTY
• Let's Make Friends: A Jewish Youth Worker’s Response to The Passion by Matt Soffer, URJ Youth Division Program Assistant
• Listen to audio from the Union for Reform Judaism's 2/26 Conference Call discussing The Passion
• Comments by Union for Reform Judaism President Eric Yoffie from The Passion conference call

For more resources on The Passion, visit the website of the Commission on Interreligious Affairs of Reform Judaism.

We'd like to hear the things you are doing in your Congregations and youth groups.
Please email us at nfty@urj.org.

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