The Benderly Boys & American Jewish Education

by Jonathan B. Krasner

Book Overview

Samson Benderly inaugurated the first Bureau of Jewish Education in 1910 amid a hodgepodge of congregational schools, khayders, community Talmud Torahs, and private tutors. Drawing on the theories of Johann Pestalozzi, Herbert Spencer, and John Dewey, and deriving inspiration from cultural Zionism, Benderly sought to modernize Jewish education by professionalizing the field, creating an immigrant-based, progressive supplementary school model, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1584659831
• ISBN13: 9781584659839
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: Brandeis University Press
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.2"