Cultures and Contexts of Jewish Education

✍ Scribed by Barry Chazan, Robert Chazan, Benjamin M. Jacobs (auth.)

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Year: 2017
Tongue: English
Leaves: 178
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

This book examines the history of Jewish education from the Biblical period to the present. It traces how Jews have formally and informally transmitted their culture and worldview over the years, with particular attention to the shift from premodernity to modernity and to the unique opportunities and challenges of contemporary American Jewish education. Its authors combine historical background and insight with educational expertise to provide a robust portrait of the cultures and contexts of Jewish education and address possibilities for the future.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xxiv
Pre-Modern Jewish Education....Pages 1-30
The Crisis of Modernity....Pages 31-58
America: Contexts and Cultures....Pages 59-82
The Culture of American Jewish Schooling....Pages 83-115
The Counterculture of American Jewish Education....Pages 117-140
Back Matter....Pages 141-159

✦ Subjects

Religion and Education;Educational Philosophy;History of Education;Judaism

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