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Succeeding at Jewish Education
How One Synagogue Made It Work

By Joseph Reimer (author), Jonathan Woocher (foreword)




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Joseph Reimer uses his experience and talent as an ethnographer to bring to life the drama of one synagogue’s struggle to make Jewish education work. Reimer spent more than two years as an observer within the synagogue, studying the afternoon religious education programs for children, families, and adults.

As a result of his observations and discussions with rabbis, teachers, and parents, Reimer came away with the important insights into what makes Jewish education succeeed, which form the basis for this book.

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