Raising Secular Jews: Yiddish Schools and Their Periodicals for American Children, 1917–1950 by Naomi Prawer Kadar synced and poignant book

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Raising Secular Jews: Yiddish Schools and Their Periodicals for American Children, 1917–1950 by Naomi Prawer Kadar synced and poignant bookThis unique literary study of Yiddish childrens periodicals casts new light on secular Yiddish schools in America in the first half of the twentieth century. Rejecting the traditional religious education of the Talmud Torahs and congregational schools, these Yiddish schools chose Yiddish itself as the primary conduit of Jewish identity and culture. Four Yiddish school networks emerged, which despite their political and ideological differences were all