PHILIP W LOWN: A JUBILEE VOLUME

New York, Bloch, 1967. Item #27097

Original Publisher’s Cloth. 8vo. 130 pages. Port. 24 cm. Articles on Jewish education. “Lown (1890-1978) was an American businessman and philalnthropist of Jewish education. He served as a longtime board member, vice president, and president of the American Association for Jewish Education from 1950. He endowed a chair in Jewish philosophy at Brandeis University and founded the Lown School of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies.” (EJ) CONTENTS: The man and his work: Philip W. Lown, a biographical sketch, by O. I. Janowsky and J. S. Lown. Community endeavor in Jewish education, by A. S. Kohanski. Philip W. Lown and Jewish education, by J. Pilch. A citizen of the world Jewish community, by I. J. Kazis. With the Hillel foundations, by B. M. Kahn.--Essays and studies: Towards a philosophy of adult education, by H. M. Kallen. Theses on democracy, Judaism, and Jewish education, by M. Ben-orin. Notes on the relation of governments to Jewish day schools, by A. M. Dushkin. Writer and educator--Abraham Mapu, by E. Silberschlag. Ephraim Lisitsky: poet-educator, by S. M. Blumenfield. The task of prophecy-a midrash, by M. R. Konvitz. Nachman Krochmal, by A. I. Katsh. Ahad Ha-mist elements in Mordecai M. Kaplan's philosophy of Judaism, by S. Tabak. Includes bibliographical footnotes. Very good condition. (FEST1-5).

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