Naomi Prawer Kadar: 1 book
Raising Secular Jews
Yiddish Schools and Their Periodicals for American Children, 1917–1950
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
This unique literary study of Yiddish children’s periodicals casts new light on secular Yiddish schools in America in the first half of the twentieth century. Rejecting the traditional religious education of the Talmud Torahs and congregational schools, these Yiddish schools chose Yiddish itself...
