Visions of Jewish Education (Hardcover)

Part I. The Vision Project: 1. Envisioning Jewish education; 2. The project in operation; 3. Six visions: an overview; Part II: 4. Visions in detail: what must a Jew study and why? Isadore Twersky; 5. Jewish studies in Israel from a liberal-secular perspective Menachem Brinker; 6. We are as those who dream: an agenda for an ideal Jewish education Moshe Greenberg; 7. Reflections on the educated Jew from the perspective of reform Judaism Michael A. Meyer; 8. Educated Jews: common elements Michael Rosenak; 9. The concept of the educated person: with some applications to Jewish education Israel Scheffler; Part III. Visions in Context: 10. The art of translation Seymour Fox; 11. Before the gates of the school: an experiment in developing educational vision from practice Daniel Marom; Conclusion: the courage to envision.