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by: Alex Pomson, Randal F. Schnoor
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 371.076
EAN: 9780814333839
ISBN: 0814333834
Label: Wayne State Univ Pr
Manufacturer: Wayne State Univ Pr
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 200
Publication Date: March 22, 2008
Publisher: Wayne State Univ Pr
Sales Rank: 693430
Studio: Wayne State Univ Pr
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Beyond the walls of their synagogues, Jewish adults are creating religious meaning in new and diverse ways in a range of unconventional sites. In Back to School, authors Alex Pomson and Randal F. Schnoor argue that the Jewish day school serves as one such site by bringing adults and children together for education, meeting, study, and worship-like ceremonies. Pomson and Schnoor suggest that day school functions as a locus of Jewish identity akin to the Jewish streets or neighborhoods that existed in many major North American cities in the first half of the twentieth century.
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Rating: - A look at how these schools are designed to turn children into well educated and morally correct Jewish adults
Much like many Catholics have their own schools, The Jewish people have formed schools for their own children as well. "Back to School: Jewish Day School in the Lives of Adult Jews" is a look at how these schools are designed to turn children into well educated and morally correct Jewish adults - and how parents and even non-parental adults can get involved with their local schools for events and celebration, among other things. "Back to School: Jewish Day School in the Lives of Adult Jews" is highly ... Read More
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