The Women Who Reconstructed American Jewish Education, 1910-1965

Contributors

xiii Contributors ofra arieli backenroth is the associate dean of the William Davidson Graduate School of Jewish Education of the Jewish Theological Seminary, where she teaches courses in Hebrew language acquisition and using the arts to teach Jewish studies. Along with Shira D. Epstein and Helena Miller, she wrote “Bringing the Text to Life and into Our Lives: Jewish Education and the Arts” for the Journal of Religious Education (Fall 2006) and is the author of “What Do We Know about Art Education Research” in What We Now Know about Jewish Education, ed. R. L. Goodman et al. (2008). Backenroth has contributed a chapter titled “The Arts and Jewish Day School Education in North America” to the International Handbook of Jewish Education (forthcoming). alan d. bennett, executive vice president emeritus of the Jewish Education Center of Cleveland, has been a frequent contributor to the Journal of Jewish Education, Religious Education, the Journal of Jewish Communal Service, and Reform Judaism. He wrote “Effective Use of the Central Agency and Professional Networks” for the Jewish Educational Leader’s Handbook (1998) and The Vision and the Will: A History of the National Association of Temple Educators, 1954–2004 (2004). lisa d. grant is associate professor of Jewish education at the Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion, New York. Her research and teaching interests include adult Jewish learning, professional development, and the role of Israel in American life. She is the lead author of A Journey of Heart and Mind: Transformative Jewish Learning in Adulthood (2004) with Diane Schuster, Meredith Woocher, and Steven M. Cohen. Along with Helena Miller and Alex Pomson, she is coeditor of the International Handbook of Jewish Education (forthcoming). carol k. ingall is the Dr. Bernard Heller Professor of Jewish Education at the Jewish Theological Seminary and the author of numerous articles in research journals about Jewish education. She is the author of Maps, Metaphors, and Mirrors: Moral Education in Middle Schools (1997); Transmission and Transformation: A Jewish Perspective on Moral Education (1999; winner of the 1999 National Jewish Book Award); and Down the Up Staircase: Tales of Teaching in Jewish Day Schools (2006). xiv Contributors jonathan krasner is assistant professor of the American Jewish experience at Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion in New York. He is working on a book about the Benderly boys and the history of American Jewish education that will be published by Brandeis University Press. shuly rubin schwartz is the Irving Lehrman Research Associate Professor of American Jewish History and dean of Albert A. List College of Jewish Studies at the Jewish Theological Seminary. Her most recent book, The Rabbi’s Wife: The Rebbetzin in American Jewish Life (2006) won the 2006 National Jewish Book Award in the area of modern Jewish thought. miriam heller stern is director of curriculum and research at the Fingerhut School of Education at American Jewish University, where she teaches Fundamentals of Teaching and Learning, including social foundations of education, curriculum development, and practitioner research. She received her phd at Stanford University in the history of education; her dissertation was titled “Your Children, Will They Be Yours? Educational Strategies for Jewish Survival, 1916–1944.” She has written articles on the history of American Jewish education, including the history of informal Jewish education and a reexamination of Samson Benderly’s work in the Progressive Era. rebecca boim wolf, a phd candidate in Jewish history at New York University, is working on a dissertation titled “Selling Hadassah: The Shifting Images, Icons, and Impressions of the Women’s Zionist Organization of America.” She has taught modern Jewish history at New York University and the Jewish Theological Seminary. The Women Who Reconstructed American Jewish Education, 1910–1965 ...