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This book deals with the genesis of Jewish
educational institutions. . . "The early years of life, whether of individuals or
institutions, are critical to subsequent development and often provide an
understanding of later behavior. The circumstances which led to the creation of
new institutions, the difficulties encountered, and the fit between the idea of
the institution and its actuality seemed worth describing, not only for reasons
of historical and intrinsic interest but also because of what these accounts
might tell us of the Jewish polity around the world. Lastly, of course, was the
tempered hope that what happened in the past might help those today who are
contemplating the creation of new settings for Jewish education... Only one of the institutions whose beginnings are described
here, Immanuel College in London, was a product of communal planning. All the
others, both in Israel and the Diaspora, came into being through private effort,
often individual, and almost always in the face of opposition from established
institutions and people of authority. Most Jewish communities do not have
sophisticated planning mechanisms; even where they exist they are not always
able to respond with alacrity to the specific needs of the particular
populations that comprise an increasingly pluralistic community." --from INTRODUCTION CONTRIBUTORS WALTER ACKERMAN is the Shane Family Professor of Education Emeritus at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. SIMON CAPLAN, a graduate of the Jerusalem Fellows Program, is currently a freelance educational consultant working with communities in the Diaspora. WILLIAM CUTTER is Professor of Education and Hebrew Literature at the Hebrew Union College, Los Angeles, and Founding Director of the Rhea Hirsch School of Education. DMITRI ELYASHEVICH is the Pro-Rector of Science at Petersburg Jewish University. PAMELA JAY GOTTFRIED, a Rabbi, is assistant to the Dean of the List College of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America and is pursuing a doctorate in Talmud. CHARLES HERMAN is the Executive Director and Founder of the Nesiya Institute. GILA KATZ is a Senior Teacher of the Tali School in Chernowitz, and representative of Midreshet Yerushalayim in the Ukraine. YEHUDIT KESSARY is the Assistant Director of the Department of Jewish Education and Culture in the Diaspora of the Joint Authority for Jewish Zionist Education. CHERIE KOLLER-FOX is the Rabbi and Educational Director of Congregation Etz Chayim in Cambridge, Massachusetts. LEE L. LEVINE is Professor of Jewish History and Archaeology at the Hebrew University, and Rector of the Seminary of Judaic Studies, Jerusalem. GUSTAVO DANIEL PEREDNIK is the Director of the Institute for Youth Leaders from Abroad, and lectures on Jewish Thought at the Rothberg School of the Hebrew University. ALICE SHALVI, Founding Chairwoman of the Israel Women's Network, was a Professor of English Literature at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and Principal of the Pelech Experimental High School for Girls, Jerusalem. MICHAEL SWIRSKY is a Jerusalem writer and educator, and Founding Director of the Pardes Institute. DEBORAH WEISSMAN is the Director of the Kerem Institute for training Israeli teachers in "Humanistic Jewish Education."
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