Raising secular Jews : Yiddish schools and their periodicals for American children, 1917-1950 / Naomi Prawer Kadar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kadar, Naomi Prawer, author.

Contributor:

Roskies, David G., 1948- writer of foreword.

Series:

Brandeis series in American Jewish history, culture, and life

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jewish day schools--United States--History--20th century.

Jewish day schools.

Jewish children--Education--United States--History--20th century.

Jewish children.

Children's periodicals, Yiddish--United States--History--20th century.

Children's periodicals, Yiddish.

Secularism--United States--History--20th century.

Secularism.

Jewish children--Education.

History.

United States.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xxv, 282 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Waltham : Brandeis University Press, [2016]

Summary:

"Examines all four streams of Yiddish secular schools in the United States in the first half of the twentieth century, through the lens of their magazines for children, including text, illustrations, and covers"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 The Rise of Secular Yiddish Schools 1

2 Children's Magazines: From Cover to Cover 24

3 Farband's Kindervelt: Living in Two Cultures 58

4 The Sholem Aleichem Schools' Kinder zhurnal: Yiddish for the American Child 80

5 The Workmen's Circle's Kinder tsaytung: A More Beautiful and Better World 106

6 The Ordn Schools' Yungvarg: A Progressive Jewish Education 129

7 Writing the Holocaust for Children 156

8 The Child Hero and the Uses of Fantasy 177

9 Folklore and Jewish Folk Heroes 199

10 Almost at Home in America 220.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Kadar, Naomi Prawer, author. Raising secular Jews.

ISBN:

9781611689860

1611689864

9781611689877

1611689872

OCLC:

941139850