Religious Purposefulness

The AVI CHAI Foundation has promoted the notion that day schools are primary incubators of “religious purposefulness,” developing the capacity to live deep, authentic Jewish lives through regular contact with the sources of Jewish tradition, be they textual, ritual, communal. Authors here probe the ramifications of this notion for our understanding of the mission of day schools and their role in Jewish communal life.

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Fall 2008

HaYidion Religious Purposefulness Autumn 2008

Articles From This Issue

Teaching Mitzvot: Challenges, Opportunities, and Questions

Interview with Rabbi Achiya Delouya
Remember to Light a Fire

Mariashi Groner
Serving the Reluctantly Jewish Student

Rabbi Avi Weinstein
Bookcase

RAVSAK Staff
Measuring and Promoting Religious Purposefulness in Jewish Day Schools

Scott J.Goldberg, PhD, and David Pelcovitz, PhD
From the Editor

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

Susan Weintrob
Religious Purposefulness in Jewish Day Schools

Dr. Michael S. Berger
Response to Berger by Rabbi Jay Goldmintz

Rabbi Jay Goldmintz
Response to Berger by Rabbi Aaron Panken, Ph.D.

Rabbi Aaron Panken, Ph.D.
Response to Berger by Sylvia F. Abrams

Sylvia F. Abrams
Response to Berger by Barry W. Holtz

Barry W. Holtz
Response by Rabbi Elie Kaunfer

Rabbi Elie Kaunfer
School as Shul: Day Schools in the Religious Lives of Parents

Dr. Alex Pomson
An Approach to G-d-Talk

Dr. Ruth Ashrafi
Jewish Identities in Process: Religious Purposefulness in a Pluralistic Day School

Rabbi Marc Baker