The Arts in Jewish Education

With innovation recognized as a premium for all education, the arts need to be taken more seriously, plumbed for pedagogy and curriculum, and integrated into the classroom across the curriculum. The arts represent distinct disciplines with their own histories and methods. For Jewish studies, they offer a vehicle for student interpretation, a different entry point into Jewish text and tradition.

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Summer 2008

Articles From This Issue

Letter from London: A Welcome from the Jewish Community Secondary School

Michael Phillips
Bookcase

RAVSAK Staff
A Word from the Editor

Dr. Barbara Davis
From the Desk of Susan Weintrob, RAVSAK President

Susan Weintrob
Widening the Learning Circle

Debbie Krivoy
Putting the Arts into Jewish Education

Dr. Ofra Arieli Backenroth
Photography: The Door That Connects

Zion Ozeri
Cultivating Young Jewish Artists

Rachel Happel
Music Education in Jewish Day Schools

Daniel Henkin
From Day School to JDub

RAVSAK Staff
The Art of Bibliodrama as Experiential Learning

Peter Pitzele, Ph.D.
Jewish Folk Art Traditions: Cultural Identity and Personal Expression

Jennifer Kalter
An Ideal Shidduch: Schools and Museums

Gabrielle Rabin Tsabag