Explores Jewish American identity from a communication theory of identity perspective. Analyzes six episodes of the television program "Northern Exposure" for their representation of Jewish American identity, and explains how the episodes were then shown to 26 Jewish Americans. Notes that the study focused on a communal representation of this…

Examines 12-month period in 1983-1984 when large number of Ethiopian Jews emigrated to Israel under very stressful conditions. Notes that many immigrants were adolescents who left their families behind in Ethiopia. Focuses on nine adolescent immigrants who developed psychiatric disabilities severe enough to warrant hospitalization, describing…

Criticizes the movie "Schindler's List" as portraying the Holocaust in a profane manner. The author suggests Schindler is a bad choice as a protagonist because his story distracts the audience from the real victims. He views the choice of a non-Jew in a heroic portrayal of this type as one culture's way of popularizing another culture's…

Discusses the influence of culture on different immigrant groups' success or failure. Examines the politics of culture, explaining that culture in large must be disaggregated to specific variants characterizing American immigrants, who come from distinct provinces, classes, and subgroups of the large culture. Highlights the experience of Jewish…

Describes the "Israel Experience," a short-term informal educational program that brings Jewish youth from other countries, almost all of whom already have some connection to a Jewish community, to Israel. The program reinforces and strengthens positive attitudes toward Israel and Judaism. (SLD)

Reflects on the traditions of Jewish Latin American literature, with its roots in the culture of Sephardic Jews who left Europe. One of the central themes of this literature, which is frequently written in the traditional Judeo-Spanish "ladino," is migration. (SLD)

German adolescents and Jewish adults (who returned to Hamburg after 60 years absence) met to discuss the elders' childhood memories and adolescents' current life experiences. The intergenerational interaction, placed in historical perspective, significantly promoted better understanding. (SK)

Presents a bibliographic selection of nonfiction work on the Holocaust in 31 countries, focusing specifically on the Jewish Holocaust. Countries are arranged alphabetically with brief commentaries plus one to four relevant titles per country. Three titles of general interest for quick reference are cited at the end of the list. (SM)

This paper sheds light on previously unresearched dimensions in the private-parochial school environment, which help account for the willingness of private school teachers to accept salaries inferior to those offered in public (state) schools. In-depth biographical interviews with a group of 18 Canadian university graduates, qualified to teach in…

Using survey data from a nationally representative sample, this article explores how marriage timing varies across major religious denominations. Survival analysis indicates that net of statistical controls, Catholics, moderate Protestants, conservative Protestants, and Mormons marry significantly earlier than their unaffiliated counterparts. This…

In recent years a research literature has developed which increasingly problematizes the project to construct professional community in schools. This case-based literature explores the messy complexities of teacher cooperation and collaboration. It points to the human, cultural, and political dimensions in schools that prevent changes in the…

"What is Jewish education [?] I have been trying for 32 years to find out what it is, but I am still looking." In 1931 these were humble words from the mouth of Samson Benderly, one of the leading thinkers and actors in American Jewish education of his time and of the twentieth century overall--someone whom one might presume had all of…

In this article, the author focuses on these questions: why is American Jewish history worthy of being "taught"? And what purpose should such teaching serve? Philosophical questions such as these are important because topics of study are not self-justifying, and asking the questions--questions that must be pursued through conceptual inquiry,…

This article explores the formational provision within a faith community when faith schooling ends at the primary stage. A case study, part of a larger multi-faith study, examined the Jewish community in the greater Glasgow area--a small, and shrinking, community with a long history of relatively peaceful integration but increasingly pressurised…

For more than 30 years, Janusz Korczak (1878-1942) devoted his life to educating orphaned Jewish children, and he stayed with them to the end as they all perished in the Treblinka concentration camp. In his teaching and writing, Korczak encouraged teachers to become autonomous knowledge producers by questioning and interrogating their work.…