Mensch in the Making
Mensch in the Making are short, interactive situational dilemmas for grandparents and grandchildren to explore together. Each activity begins with a real-life situation children might face, introduces a Jewish value or teaching, and invites discussion, perspective-taking, and decision-making.
Along the way, children build life skills — empathy, responsibility, self-control, and problem-solving — while discovering how Jewish wisdom can guide their choices.
There are no perfect answers. The goal is to think together, listen to one another, and discover the “mensch move” — the response that you feel reflects kindness, integrity, and respect for others. One conversation at a time, grandparents can help shape the character and values that grandchildren will carry into the future.
Using Jewish wisdom, grandparents and grandchildren explore the value of feeding the hungry — Ha’achalat Re’evim — and discover the “mensch move” together.
In a scenario set in a school’s theater group, teens and their grandparents explore whether to give up acting or to persevere.
Grandparents and grandchildren discuss gossip, its impact, and how harmful words — Lashon Hara — once spoken, cannot be taken back.
A child finds a lost $10 bill and must decide what to do. This activity explores the Jewish value of returning lost property — Hashavat Aveidah.
Teens and their grandparents explore the situational dilemma of social status vs. supporting a classmate as they discover the “mensch moves” together.
After damaging a neighbor’s property, how does a child take responsibility — Achrayut — for their actions?
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