Krasner, Jonathan B.

The Benderly boys & American Jewish education / Benderly boys and American Jewish education Jonathan B. Krasner. - Waltham, Mass. : Brandeis University Press, ©2011. - 1 online resource (xii, 498 pages) : illustrations. - Brandeis series in American Jewish history, culture, and life . - Brandeis series in American Jewish history, culture, and life. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Making Order out of Chaos, 1900-1939 -- The Making of the Master: Benderly in Baltimore -- The New York Bureau and Its Critics -- A Few Good Men (and Women) -- The Struggle for a Modern School System -- The Organization of a Jewish Education Profession -- Progress under Threat: Jewish Education and the Great Depression -- Jewish Learning for Jewish Living, 1910-1945 -- Education as Enculturation: Progressivism and the New York Bureau -- The Jewish School Curriculum and the Limits of Progressive Reform -- The Central Jewish Institute: The School Center as a Model for the Modern Talmud Torah -- ''An Environment of Our Own Making'': The Origins of the Jewish Culture Camp -- Between K'lal Yisrael and Denominationalism, 1940-1965 -- Unity in Diversity? The Jewish Education Committee -- Rebuilding, Renewal, and Reconciliation in the Postwar Era -- Conclusion: The Benderly Revolution. I II III

The first full-scale history of the creation, growth, and ultimate decline of the dominant twentieth-century model for American Jewish education.

9781611682939 1611682932

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Benderly, Samson, 1876-1944.
Benderly, Samson, 1876-1944.


1900-1999


Jews--Education--History--United States--20th century.
EDUCATION--Essays.
EDUCATION--Organizations & Institutions.
EDUCATION--Reference.
Jews--Education.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General


United States.


Electronic books.
History.

LC3571 / .K73 2011eb

370.89/924073