Alvin I. Schiff Board of Jewish Education collection 1970-1990.

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Alvin I. Schiff Board of Jewish Education collection 1970-1990.

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The collection is comprised of materials on a broad range of topics relating to Jewish communal life, a large portion of which are on Jewish education. It includes studies and reports, primarily undertaken by or on behalf of the Board of Jewish Education of Greater New York (BJE), on issues such as Jewish day schools, educational programming in Jewish Community Centers, and after-school programs. It also contains statistics on enrollment and participation, budget reports and funding analyses, and various offprints, articles and clippings. Finally, there are also curricula materials for various topics, particularly on teaching the Holocaust and the March of the Living program. The materials on general Jewish topics consist of reports and articles on Jewish identity, conversion and intermarriage, observance, family, and population studies, many of which were produced by the Council of Jewish Federations (CJF), and recordings of proceedings from the CJF General Assembly meetings from 1980, 1981 and 1989.

3 Linear feet 6 manuscript boxes

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Yeshiva University

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SNAC Resource ID: 8176319

Yeshiva University

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Schiff, Alvin I., 1926-

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Alvin Schiff, a renowned Jewish educator and alumnus of Yeshiva University, founded its Department of Graduate Jewish Education (now Azrieli Graduate School) in 1959, which he directed for 11 years. He also served as executive vice president of the Board of Jewish Education of Greater New York (BJE) from 1970-1991. In addition, he authored numerous books, articles and studies and served as editor of the Journal of Jewish Education from 1967-1997. From the description of Alvin I. Schi...

Board of Jewish Education (New York, N.Y.)

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March of the Living (Organization)

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Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds

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