Why Teaching Jewish Texts Is Not Enough | Professor Jon A. Levisohn
Feb. 26, 1-1:30pm ET. Free and open to the public.
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The heart of Jewish education, it seems, is the study of the Jewish textual tradition, or what insiders call “learning Torah.” There are good reasons to think about Jewish education that way. But there are also some reasons to question that assumption, based on the history of Jewish textuality and the history of Jewish culture. In this session, Jon A. Levisohn will discuss a recent book chapter, where he argues that we need to think more broadly about how and why Jewish education helps young people engage with a wide range of Jewish cultural practices. Moderated by Professor Ziva Hassenfeld.
Jon A. Levisohn is the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Associate Professor of Jewish Educational Thought and the director of the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Studies in Jewish Education at Brandeis University. He has been a faculty member at Brandeis University since 2002, teaching, producing scholarship in philosophy of Jewish and general education, and leading research projects at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Studies in Jewish Education.
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