Beyond the Melting Pot : Jewish Life and Learning at the Turn of the Century

by Schiff, Alvin I.

• ISBN13: 9781934440469
• ISBN10: 1934440469
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-06-01
• Publisher: Simcha Media Group

Summary

The scope of this volume of Alvin Schiff's writings reveals the breadth of his interest and impact on many facets of Jewish education. This collection is a window onto the leadership he has provided for jewish education in North America.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xii
Introduction	p. xiv
Insights on Jewish Life
Challenges for Jewish Living	p. 2
Values of Jewish Tradition	p. 16
Transmitting the Jewish Heritage	p. 28
Eretz Yisrael: Dream and Reality	p. 34
Visit to Auschwitz	p. 47
Thoughts About Hebrew Words	p. 51
The Jewish Community and Jewish Education
Changing Priorities in Education	p. 58
Marketing, Evaluating & Funding Jewish Education	p. 67
Toward the Year 2000 - Condition of Jewish Life: Implications for Jewish Education	p. 89
The Central Agency for Jewish Education	p. 101
Jewish Continuity Through Whom?	p. 105
Jewish Life & Jewish Education in Contemporary Society: Challenge and Response	p. 109
Creating the Jewish Future: Insuring Effective Jewish Education	p. 121
A New Blueprint for Community: A Jewish Renaissance Perspective Assuring Jewish Continuity	p. 137
Thoughts About Holocaust Research, Documentation and Jewish Education	p. 146
Educational Issues in Jewish Identity	p. 156
On Jewish All Day Education
The Reits Centennial: An Educational Milestone	p. 176
The Nonpublic School: Real and Ideal	p. 180
What Research Says About the Jewish Day School	p. 184
What We Know About the Jewish Day School (in 1990)	p. 201
The Jewish Day School (in 1987) Looks to the Next Half-Century	p. 215
On the Need for Moral Education in the Jewish Day School	p. 222
The Jewishness Quotient of Jewish Day School Graduates: The Effect of Jewish Education on Adult Behavior	p. 231
The Case of the Jewish Day School (in 1997) in Light of the Debate on School Choice	p. 243
Jewish Day School Success: Jewish Communal Challenge (in 1997)	p. 254
Post Yeshiva: Jewish Day High School Programs	p. 259
On Jewish Supplementary Schooling and Jewish Family Education
The Synagogue & Jewish Education in Historical Perspective	p. 280
On the Status of the Jewish Supplementary School-1982	p. 287
Looking Toward the 21st Century: Who Needs Hebrew Teachers in Our Supplementary Schools? - 1983	p. 293
The Jewish Supplementary School: A System in Need of Change	p. 303
The Jewish Family and the Jewish School	p. 312
The Jewish Family in Socio-Educational Perspective	p. 318
Trends and Challenges in Jewish Family Education	p. 326
On Initiating a Process for Jewish Family Educator Training	p. 338
Spotlight on Adult Jewish Education in the United States	p. 342
Adult Jewish Education in the Modern Orthodox Synagogue	p. 349
Instruction & Leadership
The Melamed at Mid-Century: An Appreciation of the Role of the Hebrew Teacher	p. 360
On the Making of the Jewish Teaching Profession	p. 373
The Jewish School Teacher Today and Tomorrow	p. 380
Teachers and Principals: The Crucial Link to The Bureaus	p. 386
Imperatives of School Effectiveness	p. 405
Leadership in Judaic Sources: A Comparative View	p. 414
Shared Identity of Jewish Communal Workers: The Jewish Dimension	p. 426
On Israel, Zionism and Jewish Education
One Hundred Years of Zionism	p. 434
Zionism and Jewish Statehood: Challenge to the American Jewish Community	p. 446
Building Zionist Commitment Through Education	p. 452
Towards a Mission Statement on Jewish Zionist Education	p. 461
The Tomorrows of Jewish Education	p. 466
The Hebrew Language and the Jewish Community
Linguistics and Longevity: The Interdependence of Language, Heritage and Nationalism	p. 476
Hebrew in New York	p. 486
Twenty-firist Century Renaissance of the Hebrew Language	p. 510
Ivrit in the Day Schools: An Endangered Species?	p. 517
How Critical is Hebrew for Jewish Continuity and the Effectiveness of Jewish Education?	p. 525
The Jewish Book News Interview on the Mystique of Hebrew	p. 533
Jewish Education Persona, of Blessed Memory
1976	p. 543
2000	p. 544
1999	p. 546
1978	p. 547
1979	p. 548
2003	p. 550
1991	p. 551
1980	p. 553
1988	p. 554
2002	p. 555
2002	p. 557
1979	p. 558
2002	p. 560
1992	p. 561
2002	p. 563
1998	p. 565
1993	p. 567
2004	p. 578
References	p. 582
Sources	p. 598
About the Author	p. 603
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