Published in the Times Educational Supplement November 2002 The Garden of Eden, the ultimate paradise as described in the Bible, is hardly the place that, on first glance, would seem to satisfy the demands of the Government’s Literacy strategy. But Eden,...
Part I – The Problem Part II - Learning from the World of Learning Part III – An Educational Manifesto Part I – The Problem Traditional Judaism1 was long based on authoritarian structures. Jewish authoritarian structures paralleled structures of the general...
Back in the early 50’s, my friend’s older sister, Malka, worked as secretary in one of the Bais Yaakov elementary schools. The children were, for the most part, the daughters of survivors; many had been born in DP camps. Their homes were far from wealthy, and the...
This article originally appeared in Tradition 11, 3 (1970), pp. 5-12. Quite a few years ago I read a slim little volume, entitled Education in a World Adrift, of which,—unfortunately—I remember only the title. Pondering over the subject of Jewish education, I realized...
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Originally published in Jewish Action, Fall 5761. Submitted to the Virtual Library by the author. Let’s face the facts: across the board, in every sector of American Orthodoxy, our schools are losing a large number of our children. All too often, our young people...