{"product_id":"beyond-jewish-identity-9781644691168","title":"Beyond Jewish Identity","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is something deeply problematic about\nthe ways that Jews, particularly in America, talk about “Jewish identity” as a\ndesired outcome of Jewish education. For many, the idea that the purpose of\nJewish education is to strengthen Jewish identity is so obvious that it hardly\nseems worth disputing—and the only important question is which kinds of Jewish\neducation do that work more effectively or more efficiently. But what does it\nmean to “strengthen Jewish identity”? Why do Jewish educators, policy-makers\nand philanthropists talk that way? What do they assume, about Jewish education\nor about Jewish identity, when they use formulations like “strengthen Jewish\nidentity”? And what are the costs of doing so?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis volume, the first collection to\nexamine critically the relationship between Jewish education and Jewish\nidentity, makes two important interventions. First, it offers a critical\nassessment of the relationship between education and identity, arguing that the\nreification of identity has hampered much educational creativity in the pursuit\nof this goal, and that the nearly ubiquitous employment of the term obscures\nsignificant questions about what Jewish education is and ought to be. Second,\nthis volume offers thoughtful responses that are not merely synonymous\nreplacements for “identity,” suggesting new possibilities for how to think\nabout the purposes and desired outcomes of Jewish education, potentially contributing\nto any number of new conversations about the relationship between Jewish education\nand Jewish life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jon A. Levisohn","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48277811036411,"sku":"9781644691168","price":119.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_9bab3a81-15f4-47b6-adcd-2446a67c883d.jpg?v=1776891894","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/beyond-jewish-identity-9781644691168","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}