Commandments and Concerns: Jewish Religious Education in Secular Society

Michael Rosenak

1987

This book deals with the problem of religion in contemporary Jewish education. It grew out of my thinking and teaching about Jewish education, which made me realize that religion is always on the agenda of Jewish education, that for many it is the agenda, and that is seen as a problem. “Religion” and “religious education” are nebulous and…

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Michael Rosenak

1932–2013

Michael Rosenak was born in Bremen, Germany, and came to New York as a child. He later moved to Israel, where his field of specialty was the philosophy and theory of Jewish education. Rosenak was Mandel Professor in Jewish Education at the Hebrew University’s Melton Center for Jewish Education in the Diaspora.

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