Showing papers in "Jewish Education in 1989"
TL;DR: Many of Canada's day schools are experiencing a phenomenon whereby only 10 to 20 percent of their student populations reflect the school's Orthodox ideology as mentioned in this paper, and this ratio of observant to nonobservan students has been observed in many Canadian schools.
Abstract: Many of Canada's day schools1 are experiencing a phenomenon whereby only 10 to 20 percent of their student populations reflect the school's Orthodox ideology. This ratio of observant to nonobservan...
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TL;DR: The 1987 Conference on Jewish Texts at Hebrew University in Jerusalem as mentioned in this paper discussed the importance of textual study in the curriculum, and it is their concern and their children's needs that were addressed.
Abstract: The study of traditional Jewish texts is perhaps the single most critical and engaging activity in Jewish education. Students spend the greater part of their classroom time delving into this source material, much of it ancient, some of it recent, in order to gain a better understanding of their heritage and how it relates to them in profound and in routine ways. Jewish educators are deeply aware of the importance of textual study in the curriculum, and it is their concern and their children's needs that were addressed by the 1987 Conference on Jewish Texts, sponsored by the Melton Center at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. More than 20 educators and psychologists were invited to Jerusalem from widely scattered sites, mostly North American and Israeli, to attend a series of meetings where some presented and all discussed the papers that appear in the present volume. The statements range in substance from the philosophical to the pedagogical and from the original to the traditionally derivative interpret...
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TL;DR: For the most part, Hebrew has been taught as an authoritative language, that is, as a language that approaches from the outside as mentioned in this paper, which is a language with a certain power over us within certain contexts such as the synagogue or a number of life-cycle events, but it is also a language which when displaced from these contextual situations loses its power.
Abstract: “It seems that until now all the effort of teaching Hebrew in the United States has been channelled toward one aim, strengthening and serving the Jewish identity of the learners. Unfortunately, for the most part, Hebrew has been taught as an authoritative language, that is, as a language that approaches from the outside…. It is a language with a certain power over us within certain contexts such as the synagogue or a number of life-cycle events, but it is at the same time a language which when displaced from these contextual situations loses its power…” (Bekerman, 1987, p. 6)
TL;DR: In terms of ultimate goals, however, Jewish education is now at a crossroads as mentioned in this paper, where the Jewish supplementary school should be operated as if it were a public school depending on the goals of Jewish education.
Abstract: Whether the Jewish supplementary school should be operated as if it were a public school depends on the goals of Jewish education. “In terms of ultimate goals, however, Jewish education is now at a crossroads.”1 While all Jewish educators would probably agree with Harold Schulweis' statement that “it is our sacred task to create Jews,”2 educators are not in agreement over what type of Jews we are to create and how we are to create them. Jewish educators can be divided into two groups. One group wants to create “educated, thinking Jews” — goal #1—while the other desires to shape children into “feeling Jews” —goal #2.
TL;DR: In recent years, Israel has become in recent years the world's leading center for all levels of Jewish education in the Diaspora as discussed by the authors, and these activities have indeed gained evergrowing popularity among...
Abstract: Beyond any doubt, Israel has become in recent years the world's leading center for all levels of Jewish Education in the Diaspora. These activities have indeed gained ever-growing popularity among ...