Authors: Jack Wertheimer
ISBN-13: 9781584657705, ISBN-10: 1584657707
Format: Paperback
Publisher: University Press of New England
Date Published: July 2009
Edition: (Non-applicable)
JACK WERTHEIMER is Professor of American Jewish History at the Jewish Theological Seminary, New York. He is the editor of Family Matters: Jewish Education in an Age of Choice (2007) and Imagining the American Jewish Community (2008). This research project was sponsored by the AVI CHAI Foundation.
Rich ethnographies of Jewish supplementary schools drawn from every region in the U.S.
Contributors Introduction INNOVATIVE SMALL SCHOOLS Kehillah - Isa Aron with Nachama Skolnik Moskowitz The Power of Their Commitments: Lessons for the Jewish Community from a Small Synagogue School - Susan L. Shevitz with Marion Gribetz Between Entrepreneurship and Jewish Mission: The Making of a Chabad Hebrew School - Jack Wertheimer with Serene Victor RE-THINKING LARGE SUBURBAN CONGREGATIONAL SCHOOLS Belonging Before Belief - Harold Wechsler with Cyd Beth Weissman Adath Shalom Religious School: Strengths, Challenges, and Transitions - Randal F. Schnoor with Billy Mencow Innovating Inside the Box: An Ongoing Process to Improve a Congregational School - Susan L. Shevitz with Marion Gribetz Promoting a Counterculture - Harold Wechsler with Cyd Beth Weissman Beit Knesset Hazon: A Visionary Synagogue - Isa Aron with Nachama Skolnik Moskowitz HIGH SCHOOL MODELS Western Hebrew High: A Place for Social Belonging and Personal Meaning - Randal F. Schnoor with Billy Mencow Putting the School Back into the Supplementary Jewish High School - Jack Wertheimer with Serene Victor Conclusion Index