Title:

From the cheder to the Higher Rabbinical School : Jewish religious education in Poland (1945–1950)

Creator:

Rusiniak-Karwat, Martyna

Publisher:

Instytut Historii Nauki im. Ludwika i Aleksandra Birkenmajerów Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Place of publishing:

Warszawa

Date issued/created:

2019

Date on-line publ.:

2019.12.31

Type of object:

Journal/Article

Subject and Keywords:

Jewish Religious Associations ; Jewish Religious Congregations ; Religious Union of the Mosaic Faith ; religious education system ; religious schools ; cheder ; Talmud–Torah ; yeshiva ; revival of Jewish life ; Judaism

Abstract:

As the Second World War ended, Jews that survived the Holocaust tried to resurrect Jewish life in Poland, which, at least to some extent, was supposed to resemble the one from before 1939. They aimed to revive Judaism and follow religious teachings in everyday life. The article shows one form of the Jewish life renewal, ie religious education. Religious schools and courses were created primarily so that children, who spent the wartime away from vital tenets of Judaism and traditions of the Jewish people, could grasp what it means to be a religious Jew. The text provides geographical locations of educational establishments active between 1944 and 1950 and details about their functioning.

Relation:

Rozprawy z Dziejów Oświaty

Volume:

56

Start page:

81

End page:

102

Resource type:

Text

Detailed Resource Type:

Article : original article

Format:

pdf

Resource Identifier:

0080-4754

Language:

pol

Language of abstract:

eng

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution BY-NC-ND 4.0 license

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0] May be used within the scope specified in Creative Commons Attribution BY-NC-ND 4.0 license, full text available at:

Copyright holder:

Instytut Historii Nauki im. Ludwika i Aleksandra Birkenmajerów PAN

Original in:

Library of the Institute for the History of Science PAS

Access:

Open