Book Description

The author presents an exposition and critical evaluation of important schools of thought in Mid-Twentieth-Century Jewish education. the chapters focus on the educational influence of leaders such as Samson Raphael Hirsch, Janusz Korczak, Martin Buber, and Sarah Schenirer. the author intentionally chooses thinkers in two categories - "traditionalists and rebels"--Both groups having contributed to the preservation of the jewish people. in the final chapter, "how jewish are israeli general schools?", he discusses how the various educational outlooks are reflected in contemporary israeli schools. this discussion is particularly interesting 32 years later, when the same questions are being addressed.