Author: Paul RitterbandPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hebrew language
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
The Pattern of Growth in Jewish Learning in American Universities
Author: Paul RitterbandPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hebrew language
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
Jewish Learning in American Universities
Author: Paul RitterbandPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
"Jewish Learning in American Universities examines the evolution of Jewish studies as an academic discipline within the history and sociology of higher education in America from the late nineteenth to the late twentieth century. Whereas in Europe Jewish learning had traditionally been the province of religious schools, American Jews, seeking acceptance and recognition, came to view American universities as vehicles for educational, cultural, and social advancement. Reciprocating Jewish communal interest in introducing Jewish studies as an academic field into American higher education, six leading American universities - California, Chicago, Columbia, Harvard, Johns Hopkins, and Pennsylvania - took the lead in instituting Judaica appointments in the late nineteenth century." "Drawing from university and private archives, Paul Ritterband and Harold S. Wechsler offer a fascinating account of the circumstances behind the early appointments in Judaic studies, the tensions between university administrations and community sources of support, the strong and conflicting personalities often involved, and the changing rationales for Jewish learning as Jewish studies programs burgeoned on American campuses in the second half of the twentieth century."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Adult Jewish Learning in America
Author: Steven Martin CohenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 35
Book Description
Study based on national survey on adult Jewish learning in the United States, with key questions about current extent and nature of Jewish learning in America as well as motivations, inhibitions and social characteristics of Jewish learning.
What We Now Know about Jewish Education
Author: Roberta Louis GoodmanPublisher: Torah Aura Productions
ISBN: 1934527076
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 602
Book Description
When What We Know about Jewish Education was first published in 1992, Stuart Kelman recognized that knowledge and understanding would greatly enhance the ability of professionals and lay leaders to address the many challenges facing Jewish education. With increased innovation, the entry of new funders, and the connection between Jewish education and the quality of Jewish life, research and evaluation have become, over the last two decades, an integral part of decision making, planning, programming, and funding.
Contexts and Content
Author: Byron L. SherwinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Jews
Languages : en
Pages : 662
Book Description
A Specimen of Jewish Learning at American Universities
Author: Louis GinzbergWhat We Know about Jewish Education
Author: Stuart L. KelmanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
A research based article which defines the scope of Jewish family education. areas discussed are how Jfe developed as a discipline, the target audience, goals and difficulties encountered in the evaluation process.
Jewish Education in the United States
Author: Commission for the Study of Jewish Education in the United StatesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Jews
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
Higher Jewish Education
Author: Mordecai Menahem KaplanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Jews
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Salo Baron
Author: Rebecca KobrinPublisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231555709
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
In 1930, Columbia University appointed Salo Baron to be the Nathan L. Miller Professor of Jewish History, Literature, and Institutions—marking a turning point in the history of Jewish studies in America. Baron not only became perhaps the most accomplished scholar of Jewish history in the twentieth century, the author of many books including the eighteen-volume A Social and Religious History of the Jews. He also created a program and a discipline, mentoring hundreds of scholars, establishing major institutions including the first academic center to study Israel in the United States, building Columbia’s Judaica collection, intervening as a public intellectual, and exerting an unparalleled influence on what it meant to study the Jewish past. This book brings together leading scholars to consider how Baron transformed the course of Jewish studies in the United States. From a variety of perspectives, they reflect on his contributions to the study of Jewish history, literature, and culture, as well as his scholarship, activism, and mentorship. Among many distinguished contributors, David Sorkin engages with Baron’s arguments on Jewish emancipation; Francesca Trivellato puts him in conversation with economic history; David Engel examines his use of anti-Semitism as an analytical category; Deborah Lipstadt explores his testimony at the trial of Adolf Eichmann; and Robert Chazan and Jane Gerber, both once Baron’s doctoral students, offer personal and intellectual reminiscences. Together, they testify to Baron’s singular legacy in shaping Jewish studies in America.