Academic Approaches to Teaching Jewish Studies

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The current volume is a worthy successor to its most significant predecessor of the 1980s. Garber is to be commended for his continuing efforts to bring attention to the multiphased phenomenon that has become 'Jewish Studies.'> -- Richard Libowitz * Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal Of Jewish Studies * Although best known for his work on the Shoah, Zev Garber has been an indefatigable lecturer, writer, and teacher of Jewish Studies. The current volume is a worthy successor to its most significant predecessor of the 1980's. Garber is to be commended for his continuing efforts to bring attention to the multiphased phenomenon that has become 'Jewish Studies'. -- Richard Leibowitz, Department of Theology, Saint Joseph's University, Philadelphia. While this book is intended for scholars, it should also be very useful for the laity in the Jewish community. On reading this book, they will better understand the complexity of the issues, challenges, and opportunities facing educators. * Jewish Book World * Academic Approaches to Teaching Jewish Studies can inspire anyone teaching in this field. * Journal of Ecumenical Studies * Garber's book offers convincing proof that there are teachers in the field with the expertise to handle high-level students along with newcomers. -- Beverly Gray * Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles * . . .underscores how Jewish studies must be a central response to the Shoah-Nazi Germany's genocidal attack on the Jewish people. * American Jewish Congress, Congress Monthly * Although best known for his work on the Shoah, Zev Garber has been an indefatigable lecturer, writer, and teacher of Jewish Studies. The current volume is a worthy successor to its most significant predecessor of the 1980's. Garber is to be commended for his continuing efforts to bring attention to the multiphased phenomenon that has become 'Jewish Studies'. -- Richard Leibowitz, Department of Theology, Saint Joseph's University, Philadelphia. While this book is intended for scholars, it should also be very useful for the laity in the Jewish community. On reading this book, they will better understand the complexity of the issues, challenges, and opportunities facing educators. * Jewish Book World * Academic Approaches to Teaching Jewish Studies can inspire anyone teaching in this field. * Journal of Ecumenical Studies * Garber's book offers convincing proof that there are teachers in the field with the expertise to handle high-level students along with newcomers. -- Beverly Gray * Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles * ...the individual studies substantially contribute to the discussion, which should interest teachers of Jewish studies and be of concern to anyone interested in the state of undergraduate education in the humanities today. -- A. J. Avery-Peck * CHOICE * The current volume is a worthy successor to its most significant predecessor of the 1980s. Garber is to be commended for his continuing efforts to bring attention to the multiphased phenomenon that has become 'Jewish Studies.' -- Richard Libowitz * Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal Of Jewish Studies * Helping to give Jewish studies the bright future it deserves, 'Academic Approaches to Teaching Jewish Studies' makes a contribution of vital significance. -- John K. Roth * American Jewish Congress, Congress Monthly * 'Academic Approaches to Teaching Jewish Studies' has appeal beyond academia. -- Zev Wallis * Jewish Spectator * 'Academic Approaches to Teaching Jewish Studies' can inspire anyone who is teaching in this field. -- Carol Harris-Shapiro * Journal of Ecumenical Studies * Garber and the writers of this work begin the process of moving those of us who teach, do research and write in the field of Jewish studies to pioneering new levels of pedagogy and research...It is well worth the read whether you are in Jewish studies or not. -- Samuel M. Edelman * Religious Studies Review * While the book is intended for scholars, it should also be very useful for the laity in the Jewish community. On reading this book, they will better understand the complexity of the issues, challenges, and opportunities facing educators. -- MKS * Jewish Book World * The collection contains a broad spectrum of valuable tools and insights for those either beginning to teach in the field as well as for more experienced teachers looking to reflect on their current approach and learn from other thoughtful pedagogues. -- Joel S. Kaminsky * Society Of Biblical Literature *