Earl Schwartz

The Arc of the Covenant (eBook, ePUB)

Jewish Educational Success on the Upper Mississippi

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The Arc of the Covenant studies the social, cultural, and political factors that contributed to exceptional Jewish educational success in St. Paul, Minnesota in the latter half of the twentieth century. The book draws on archival sources, interviews with principal figures, and wide-ranging research on Jewish education and community dynamics to elucidate the story's intriguing improbabilities. Why such success in a midsize, midcentury, midwestern river town with a relatively small Jewish population of limited resources? How did it happen, and how have circumstances changed in recent years? The answers are to be found at the intersection of broad historical forces and local circumstances. Though focused on a particular place and time, the implications reach far beyond St. Paul, then and now, making Arc of the Covenant a timely resource for current Jewish educational planners, along with educators in other communities dedicated to the transmission of a sacred heritage.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 166
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Juli 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781498596671
• Artikelnr.: 57102667

Autorenporträt

Earl Schwartz is a member of the Hamline University religion faculty and former director of Hamline's Social Justice Studies program. He is the author of Moral Development: A Practical Guide for Jewish Teachers, and co-author with Rabbi Barry Cytron of When Life Is In the Balance: Life and Death Decisions in Light of the Jewish Tradition.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures
Preface
Introduction
Part One
Chapter I: How far is it from the banks of the Jordan to the banks of the
Mississippi?
Chapter II: The Last Quarter of the Twentieth Century
Chapter III: At the Beginning of the Twenty-First Century
Chapter IV: The St. Paul Jewish Community Planning Process.
Part Two
Chapter V: Hindsight and Foresight
Chapter VI: Current Circumstances and Future Prospects
Chapter VII: The Arc, and the Ark
Appendix I: A Communal Curriculum for These Times
Appendix II: St. Paul Communal Jewish High School Education Initiative Brit
Bibliography
Index
About the Author