First published in 1993 this volume is an extension and revision of the 1986 book entitled Religious Schools in America: A Selected Bibliography. This new version contains additional annotated bibliographies of the various denominational schools as well as discussing governmental relation to each setting in the years from 1985 to 1992. This version also covers Greek Orthodox and Muslim schools that were not part of the previous volume and includes a chapter on the growth of home schooling which is often influenced by religion. Finally, unlike the previous edition, this book only considers religious schools, rather than the religious aspect or function of public schooling. Each section includes a short chapter followed by an extensive annotated bibliography making it a useful source for anyone looking for information in the area.

Addresses major issues of concern about Israel, the Middle East, the United States, and world Jewry during the year 1986, such as the vulnerability and successes of the National Unity Government, the peace process, the Arab League, American Middle East policy, the Waldheim issue, and world Jewish fundamentalism. Contains a chronology of major events of 1985 and 1986.

A comprehensive study of Jewish education in North America, Latin America, Western Europe, South Africa and Australia, as well as Muslim countries (Iran and Morocco), Eastern Europe and Israel. included are chapters on international Jewish education, with reports on activities with multi-country access and a view of jewish education from a global and cross-cultural perspective. in providing views of the situation in individual countries, the various authors look at the structure of the jewish educational system, including its history, trends, communal responsibility and staff development.

Adapting to the shifting characteristics of the American Jewish population and the larger society of the United States, the synagogue has consistently served as American Jewry's vital forum for the exploration of the evolving ideological and social concerns of American Jews. From the Americanization of an immigrant congregation in Seattle to the growth of a synagogue center in Brooklyn, and from the agitation for religious reform in early nineteenth-century Charlestown to the introduction of American folk music in a Houston temple, the cases studied in this volume attest to the prominent role of the synagogue in shaping, as well as adapting to, social, cultural, and ideological trends. The book begins with an overview of the historical transformation and denominational differentiation of American synagogues. The essays in the second section offer in-depth analyses of the critical challenges to and changes in synagogue life through innovative studies of representative congregations. The problems of geographic relocation, the conflict between ethnic preservation and acculturation, the development of education in the synagogue, and the changing role of women in the congregation are all examined.

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A research based article which defines the scope of Jewish family education. areas discussed are how Jfe developed as a discipline, the target audience, goals and difficulties encountered in the evaluation process.