RT Article
T1 Jewish education and identity formation in The Netherlands after the Holocaust
JF Journal of beliefs and values
VO 29
IS 2
SP 185
OP 194
A1 Wingerden, Marjoke Rietveld‐van
LA English
YR 2008
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1837726884
AB The subject of this article is Dutch Jewish education since 1945, attended by some 20% of the Jewish children in the region of Amsterdam. I consider the motives of the advocates of Jewish day schools, for whom the Holocaust was an important argument from a psychological, educational, social and cultural perspective in rejecting multi‐religious education. For them the children damaged by war, and their offspring, needed a safe and familiar environment in which they would meet comprehension. Moreover, the Holocaust had become part of Jewish identity and had stimulated the study of roots and traditions for which Jewish schools would provide the foundation. However, these schools were confronted with social and political pressure to realise multi‐religious education as a necessary preparation for living together in a pluralist society. Jewish leaders disagreed with this point of view citing the aims of Jewish schools and their contribution to the civic education of Jewish pupils.
K1 Dutch Jews
K1 Holocaust
K1 Identity Formation
K1 multicultural society
K1 multi‐religious education
DO 10.1080/13617670802289635