Rethinking the Education of Cultural Minorities to and from Assimilation: A Perspective from Jewish Education

Autor/in	Levisohn, Jon A.
Titel	Rethinking the Education of Cultural Minorities to and from Assimilation: A Perspective from Jewish Education
Quelle	In: Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, 7 (2013) 1, S.54-68 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1559-5692
DOI	10.1080/15595692.2012.742053
Schlagwörter	Jews; Judaism; Religious Education; Acculturation; Minority Groups; Cultural Differences; History; Sociology; Scholarship; Models; Educational Objectives; Creativity + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Jew; Jude; Jüdin; Juden; Judaismus; Kirchliche Erziehung; Religionserziehung; Religionspädagogik; Akkulturation; Ethnische Minderheit; Kultureller Unterschied; Geschichte; Geschichtsdarstellung; Soziologie; Scholarships; Stipendium; Analogiemodell; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel; Kreativität
Abstract	Education and assimilation seem intimately connected; education either supports assimilation or thwarts it. But these paradigms assume a model of cultural vitality that depends on what one scholar aptly terms "tenacious adherence," over time, to an unchanging cultural or religious tradition. Taking the example of the Jewish community and Jewish education and drawing on Jewish history and contemporary sociology of the Jews as well as other scholarship, this article presents the argument that this model is untenable. Instead, the goals of Jewish education ought to be reconceptualized, and the aim should instead be for "responsible assimilation," that is, the cultivation of the capacity to creatively and responsibly assimilate external norms and practices in the service of the growth and vitality of Jewish culture. (Contains 20 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10