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Publication Date: January 2000
Publisher: Jewish Communal Service Association of North America
Author(s): Zohar Raviv
Research Area: Culture and religion; Education
Keywords: Youth; Jewish Continuity; Jewish Texts
Type: Report
Coverage: United States
Abstract:
Our approach to Jewish education must undergo a profound change in order to assume its role as society's agent for transmitting Jewish values and beliefs. Our purpose is not to continue a given tradition, but rather to empower our students to build upon the past and help shape the future. This requires a greater use of extra-textual bodies of knowledge, a respectful attitude to our youth, and a formalizing of the field of informal Jewish education.