Teaching Jewish History

Is Jewish history the linchpin to Jewish identity formation, the weak link in day school Jewish studies, or perhaps both? Jewish history provides students with critical links to their past and gives them the context for their own experiences. Discover insights in this field from senior scholars and educators, and find creative new initiatives being used by teachers in day schools today.

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Spring 2014

Articles From This Issue

From the Editor

Barbara Davis
A Case Study Approach to Integrating Jewish Values and Modern History

Neil Kramer
From the desk of Rebekah Farber, RAVSAK Chair

Rebekah Farber
Recipe for Engagement, Enrichment, and Inquiry: Primary Sources

Jack Lipinsky
Dear Cooki

Cooki Levy
Using Simulations to Play With Jewish History

Meredith Katz
Jewish History: The Neglected Discipline

Samuel Kapustin
Understanding the Holocaust, as Jews

Ann Nachbar
The Opportunities of Teaching Jewish History

Sivan Zakai
Inheriting the Past, Building the Future: Developing Historical Thinking in Upper Elementary Students

Lisa Micley and Stan Peerless
Between History and Memory in Israel Education

Alex Sinclair
Role-Playing Between Accuracy and Creativity

David Fain
Why Study American Jewish History?

Jonathan D. Sarna
Teaching the History of Jewish-Christian Relations

Mark Stolovitsky
Creating Collective Memory as a Moral Imperative

Nance Morris Adler
Connecting Ethics and History Through a Jewish Lens

Jan Darsa
Teaching Jewish History: A Major Impediment

Robert Chazan
Integrating Jewish History Within a General Social Studies Curriculum

Juli Kramer and Naomi Lev
On the Virtue of Not

Martin Lockshin
PaRDeS: History as Spirit in Action

Michael Feuer
History, Myth and Meaning: Living in the Present with the Past

Jonathan Woocher
Beginning in First Grade

Bryna Leider
Connecting Curricula: Jewish Social Studies in a Community Day School

Andi Koss
Teaching Jewish History Across Disciplines—and Across the Hall

Joel Abramovitz and Shona Schwartz
Barrack Centropa Museums of European Jewry

Susan Schwartz and Amy MalissaHersz