Toward a Core Knowledge for Jewish Education

Publication Date: January 1997

Publisher: Melton Research Center

Author(s): Steven M. Brown

Research Area: Culture and religion; Education

Keywords: Jewish Text; Social Planning; Curriculum; Part-time (supplementary) schools

Type: Brief

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

The author advocates the creation of a nationwide, standard core of knowledge for K-8 Jewish education, a body of knowledge that would create a level of literacy that would enable a young person to move on to the next stage of life with a basic shared understanding of Jewish concepts, practices, ideas and values.