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Appendix I — Bnei Anusim and small-community implementation track
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Appendix I — Bnei Anusim and small-community implementation track Purpose This is an overlay for the 12-week course, not a separate or lesser curriculum. It improves language access, privacy, welcome, rabbinic/professional referral, and continuity for people whose Jewish connection may be hidden, emerging, remote, or institutionally unsupported. Program covenant
No ancestry interrogation as the price of attending education or receiving safety information.
No claim that family customs alone prove lineage or halachic status.
No public naming, photo, testimony, genealogy, location, or conversion journey without informed and revocable consent.
Clear distinction among ancestry, identity, community belonging, and halachic status.
Referral to qualified rabbinic, genealogical, legal, clinical, or security professionals when requested and appropriate.
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Participants contribute leadership and knowledge; they are not treated as a rescue project or campaign symbol. 12-week overlay WEEK ADAPTATION OUTPUT 1 Explain identity privacy and why threat assessment never rests on religion/ethnicity. Bilingual definition and contact card. 2 Include Iberian and local Jewish histories without claiming one uniform past. Local five-lane timeline. 3 Use the full welcome pathway and four distinctions. Consent, mentor, and referral protocol. 4 Connect modern racialization to blood-purity history carefully. Two-minute lineage/identity explanation. 5 Include Sephardi/Balkan/North African and other relevant lives/routes; avoid Ashkenazi-only representation. Prewar/diaspora life restoration card. 6 Add locally circulating Spanish/Portuguese tropes and country-specific incident/reporting evidence. Dated regional Evidence Pack. 7 Practice cross-language verification; watch mistranslation and low-resource moderation. Verified bilingual correction. 8 Model isolation, low capacity, travel barriers, and family secrecy as scenario variables. Small-community watchboard. 9 Address documents/status, mobility, health, money, and family consent without pressuring relocation. Household plan with referral list. 10 Design regional mutual aid, visiting leadership, remote prayer/learning, and alternate venue/host support. Mutual-aid map or memorandum. 11 Tell return/continuity stories only with consent; center contribution and joy. Accessible campaign asset. 12 Include a small-community continuity inject in the capstone. 90-day know/protect/grow plan. Small-community starter standard NEED MINIMUM CAPABILITY Contact One named coordinator and alternate; safe phone/email; response-time expectation. Learning Monthly live or low-bandwidth class; recordings/transcripts where consent allows; mentor support. Jewish practice Calendar, prayer/learning support, holiday logistics, dietary guidance within competence, referral for religious questions. Safety Localized emergency/reporting card; private address policy; event communication rule; regional security referral. Care Pastoral and licensed mental-health referral; child/elder/disability access; practical mutual aid. Rabbinic/genealogical Transparent referral choices, scope, cost, privacy, and no promised outcome. Regional backup At least one partner for hosting, translation, transport, funeral/family crisis, and communication continuity. Data Collect minimum necessary information; access control; consent; correction; review/deletion schedule. Welcome script “Welcome. You do not need to prove a family story in order to learn or receive public safety information. We will ask what you are seeking and explain what this program can and cannot provide. Questions of ancestry, identity, community belonging, and halachic status are related but different. If you want, we can connect you with qualified people. We will not share your story or information without clear consent, except where local safeguarding or emergency law requires action.” Source trail: UNESCO Latin America workshop
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