Back to school : Jewish day school in the lives of adult Jews / Alex Pomson and Randal F. Schnoor ; with a foreword by Jack Wertheimer.
| Author/creator |
Pomson, Alex |
| Other author/creator | Schnoor, Randal F. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Detroit : Wayne State University Press, ©2008. |
| Description | xii, 184 pages ; 23 cm |
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| Contents | Introduction : why study day-school parents? -- A school downtown : the ethnographic context for the study -- The winding road to school : why and how parents choose DJDS -- What are parents doing at school? framing the interactions between parents and their children's schools -- The school as Shul : Jewish day schools as places of worship, study, and assembly, for parents -- The school at home : private encounters between parents and their children's school -- Beyond downtown to the suburbs : testing the limits of the DJDS case -- Conclusion : learning from what's downtown -- References -- Index. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-178) and index. |
| LCCN | 2007044691 |
| ISBN | 9780814333839 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0814333834 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Joyner | General Stacks | LC741 .P66 2008 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |