TABLE OF CONTENTS
By: Rabbi
Yitschak Rudomin
Chapter
I. INTRODUCTION: AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN JEWRY AT THE CROSSROADS
The Second World War and its Consequences
Responses of World Jewry
The Success of Jewish Education in America
Historical Background and Frames of Reference
Definitions
PART I: BEFORE THE DELUGE
II. JEWISH EDUCATION IN AMERICA: AN OVERVIEW
The Difficult and Troubled Progress of Jewish Education in America
The Notion of Community in the Jewish Educational Configuration in America
III. JEWISH EDUCATION IN EUROPE: ENLIGHTENMENT VERSUS TRADITION
European Jewry Prior to 1939: Intellectual Roots of Cultural Conflict
Jewish Education and Jewish Survival at the Edge of the Abyss
PART II: INTO THE FURNACE
IV. EUROPE: THE KILLING GROUND
Kiddush HaShem: Sanctification of God's Name
Survival
V. AMERICA: LAND OF CONSTERNATION AND HOPE
Distorted Images of Jewish History
Supplication and Consternation
Determined Rays of Hope
PART III: REVIVAL IN AMERICA
VI. AMERICAN HAVEN FOR "YAVNEH AND ITS SAGES"
The Key to Jewish Survival
Rabbi Aharon Kotler and Lakewood
Mir to New York Via Shanghai
Telz
New York Re-Newed
VII. REBBES, HASIDIM, AND AUTHENTIC KEHILLAHS
Configurations of Education
Hungarian Hasidim
Boro Park: An Inter-linking of Configurations
The Lubavitch Experience
"Out-of-Town" Kehillahs
VIII. A COMPARISON OF TWO POST-WAR SUCCESSES:
THE TRADITIONAL
YESHIVAH AND THE HEBREW DAY SCHOOL
The Tradition of Jewish Education
The Second World War and the Growth of the Day Schools
Resistance to Total Jewish Education: Dissonant Configurations
The Influence and Contribution of Orthodox Education
IX. CONCLUSION
BIBLIOGRAPHY
