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Publication Date: January 2004
Publisher: Coalition for the Advancement of Jewish Education
Author(s): David Kaufman
Research Area: Education; Social conditions
Keywords: Acculturation; Education; Curriculum; History
Type: Report
Coverage: United States
Abstract:
The author examines three lenses through which American Jewish history may be seen, and taught: Americanist, which seeks to demonstrate that Jews have been present from the beginnings of America, have contributed to its major moments and have become American; Judaic, which focuses on how Jews preserved their religion, traditions and identities in the new land; and American Jewish, a synthesis of the other two.
In Jewish Education News, Summer 2004.