Learning and community : Jewish supplementary schools in the twenty-first century / edited by Jack Wertheimer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wertheimer, Jack.

Series:

Brandeis series in American Jewish history, culture, and life.

Brandeis series in American Jewish history, culture, and life

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jewish religious education of children--United States.

Jewish religious education of children.

Jewish religious schools--United States.

Jewish religious schools.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (401 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Waltham, Mass. : Brandeis University Press ; Hanover [N.H.] : University Press of New England, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Rich ethnographies of Jewish supplementary schools drawn from every region in the U.S.

Contents:

Title Page; Contents; Contributors; Introduction; Part I | Innovative Small Schools; 1 | Kehillah; 2 | The Power of Their Commitments; 3 | Between Entrepreneurship and Jewish Mission; Part II | Re-Thinking Large Suburban Congregational Schools; 4 | Belonging Before Belief; 5 | Adath Shalom Religious School; 6 | Innovating Inside the Box; 7 | Promoting a Counterculture; 8 | Beit Knesset Hazon; Part III | High School Models; 9 | Western Hebrew High; 10 | Putting the School Back into the Supplementary Jewish High School; Conclusion; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-47294-1

9786612472947

1-58465-829-0

OCLC:

667078160