Showing papers in "Jewish Education in 1992"
TL;DR: For example, during the Holocaust period, Jewish schools in America blithely ignored the evolving drama in Europe as they contin ued to focus in narrow, irrelevant fashion on their traditional curriculum of Jewish text study as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: Observers of American Jewish education are wont to cite the persistent failure of Jewish ed ucators to incorporate the unfolding events of Jewish life and the world at large within the instructional program of the Jewish school. During the Holocaust period, for example, Jewish schools in America blithely ignored the evolving drama in Europe as they contin ued to focus in narrow, irrelevant fashion on their traditional curriculum of Jewish text study.
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TL;DR: In this article, a growing number of Jewish schools, both day schools and supplementary schools, have included Israel in their curricula in a prominent way, and this war opened an educa tional window of opportunity.
Abstract: In some respects this article is redundant. Af ter all, a growing number of Jewish schools, both day schools and supplementary schools, have included Israel in their curricula in a prominent way. We mention Israel in our prayers. We teach the history of the Land of Israel. We recruit teenagers for Israel summer programs. Why then should the Gulf War have any impact on how we portray Israel in our schools? Has this war opened an educa tional window of opportunity? My question is rhetorical and the answer affirmative. Seeing Scud missiles fall live on Tel Aviv via CNN has temporarily transformed the perception of and the relation to the Jewish State. Maybe at long last we have the chance to make a very illusive Jewish symbol into a concrete reality for Jewish students around the world. Let me explain why this is so necessary and how I propose to make it happen.
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TL;DR: In this article, the author presented a keynote address whose theme revolved around perceptions of the client, and the need for the community to become committed to the idea of Jewish family education.
Abstract: The subject of Jewish family education has become prominent in the last few years. At one of a series of regional conferences on the subject, the author presented a keynote address1, whose theme revolved around perceptions of the “client,” and the need for the community to become committed to the idea of Jewish family education. There is a widespread recognition that Jewish survival cannot rely only on the education of children, but must rely on the education of their parents, too. Though Jewish educators have always known that the home needs to reinforce the school, it is only recently that concerted efforts have been made to conceptualize and develop programs for Jewish family education.
TL;DR: This article found that well over half of the children enrolled in a Jewish school in any given year participate in a program of supplementary education and this market share alone warrants interest in the educational success of the supplementary school and indeed, recent studies have brought renewed focus to this arena.
Abstract: Much attention has been focused in the past generation on the growth of the Jewish day school in the United States.1 Yet, despite the remarkable expansion of all-day Jewish schooling, well over half of the children enrolled in a Jewish school in any given year participate in a program of supplementary education. This “market share” alone warrants interest in the educational success of the supplementary school and, indeed, recent studies have brought renewed focus to this arena.2