Modernizing Jewish education in nineteenth century Eastern Europe : the school as the shrine of the Jewish enlightenment / by Mordechai Zalkin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zalḳin, Mordekhai, author.

Series:

Studies in Jewish history and culture ; Volume 50.

Studies in Jewish History and Culture, 1568-5004 ; Volume 50

Standardized Title:

Hekhal ha-haśkalah. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--Education--Europe, Eastern--History--19th century.

Jews.

Ḥeder metuḳan--lat.

Jewish religious education--Europe, Eastern--History--19th century.

Jewish religious education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (200 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden, Netherlands ; Boston, Massachusetts : Brill, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Modernizing Jewish Education in Nineteenth Century Eastern Europe Mordechai Zalkin offers a new path through which the Eastern European traditional Jewish society underwent a rapid and significant process of modernization - the Maskilic system of education. Since the beginning of the nineteenth century a few local Jews, affected by the values and the principles of the European Enlightenment, established new private modern schools all around The Pale of Settlement, in which thousands Jewish boys and girls were exposed to different disciplines such as sciences and humanities, a process which changed the entire cultural structure of contemporary Jewish society.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Introduction

1 “The People Who Walk in Darkness”

2 The Path to Enlightenment: Education

3 Overcoming Obstacles

4 The Maskilic School: The Vision

5 The Child at the Center

6 The Maskilic School: Ensuring the Future

7 The Teacher

Afterword: The Quiet Revolution

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-30751-6

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004307513 DOI