Language:
Hebrew
Year of publication:
2018
Titel der Quelle:
מכלול; סדרת כנס פרדס
Angaben zur Quelle:
ב (תשעח) 81-88
Keywords:
Judaism and secularism
;
Ex-Orthodox Jews
;
Jewish religious education
;
Youth Social life and customs
;
Faith (Judaism) Study and teaching
Abstract:
How are we to understand the abandonment of religion and mitzvot by graduates of religious education, after thousands of hours of Jewish studies and spirituality whose entire substance is education to belief in God, love of God, fear of heaven, and a life of Torah and mitzvot? This paper considers aspects of this wide-spread contemporary phenomenon and suggests ways in which the Israeli educational system might contend with it more effectively. It emphasizes the need to build a structure of faith on the most fundamental of foundations, including discussion and demonstration of the existence of the One who created the universe and guides it. Practical implications include the need to create institutions that will enable personal adaptation of subject matter and social milieu to the personality of the student; in parallel, an ethos of accepting “the other” is needed — in this case, of accepting the student who does not exactly toe the line and who needs a personalized framework. The discussion concludes with a call for creative educational thinking that will forge links between the souls of young people and the world of Jewish faith in a wide range of ways as part of and in parallel to traditional religious education.
URL:
אתר את הפרסום בקטלוג המאוחד של ספריות ישראל
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