"Culture is the glue to unite the numerous strands of Jewishness"
The Times of London (Dec 19) features an article by Felix Posen of The Posen Foundation on "Who is a Jew?" following the recent British Supreme Court ruling, which highlights the many differences in answering that simple question, explains Mr. Posen.
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When I was young, my father would tell a story about how his mother, my grandmother, declared her independence from Jewish custom. As the story goes, my grandmother was the first Jewish woman in Wloclawek, some 200 kilometers northwest of Warsaw, to grow her own hair, at a time when the Jewish code of female modesty required headcoverings. This small but significant act of rebellion had a ripple effect within the family...
Read more in Dr. David Biale's article about the premodern roots of Jewish secularism.
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The Posen Foundation Education Project
The Challenge of Teaching Jewish Studies Topics in Multicultural Middle Schools and High Schools is the theme of the new professional development seminars of the Posen Foundation Education Project. The seminars, designed for middle school and high school teachers interested in questions of culture, identity, and diversity, will be held in New York and Cincinnati in spring 2010. Details and application forms for the Midwest and New York seminars are now available.
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