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- Title
The Impact of Jewish Education on Religious Identification and Practice.
- Authors
Cohen, Steven Martin
- Abstract
The article presents a study on the impact of Jewish education on religious designation and practice. It aims to view the significant contribution of home and religious school in the development of religious attitudes of children. Study has found out that in general, religious attitudes of children reflects those people in the home. Even if totally parochial education is offered, the school cannot impart religious attitudes that is not found in the home. The effect of religious education on children from a religious home environment should be viewed more as attitude maintenance than attitude change.
- Subjects
EDUCATION of Jews; JEWISH religious education; RELIGIOUS education; RELIGIOUS identity; JEWISH children; ATTITUDE change (Psychology); HOME environment; CHILD development; SOCIAL influence
- Publication
Jewish Social Studies, 1974, Vol 36, Issue 3/4, p316
- ISSN
0021-6704
- Publication type
Article