The Arc of the Covenant

Jewish Educational Success on the Upper Mississippi

Earl Schwartz (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

166 Seiten

2019
Lexington Books (Verlag)
9781498596664 (ISBN)

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This book explores the exceptional Jewish educational success in St. Paul, Minnesota, in the latter half of the twentieth century. Illuminating the impact of these developments on the local Jewish community in revitalizing Jewish education, the book offers a constructive vision relevant to Jewish education and planning across the United States.

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.

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.

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

Erscheinungsdatum	10.05.2021
Zusatzinfo	7 b/w photos;
Sprache	englisch
Maße	162 x 230 mm
Gewicht	408 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Judentum
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-13	9781498596664 / 9781498596664
Zustand	Neuware