Dr. phil. Tonja Soloveitchik und die Wandlung des jüdischen Volksbildungswesens in Polen Dr. phil. Tonya Soloveitchik and the Transformation of Jewish Popular Education in Poland

Lithuanian-American pedagogue Tonya Soloveitchik, née Levit, (19041967) is a time witness of the history of the Jewish Diaspora in Lithuania, Germany, and the USA. Raised in a religious family in the midst of Vilnius, the 'Jerusalem of the North,' Levit earned her PhD at the University of Jena and, alongside her husband, Rabbi Joseph Ber Soloveitchik (19031993), she became the co-founder of a Modern Orthodox school for girls and boys in Boston. This edited volume contains the dissertation of Tonya Levit on the little-known history of Jewish education in Poland, which was published in 1931. The reprint of this work is accompanied by a chapter on Levit's student days in Jena, a biography written by her daughter, Tovah Lichtenstein, and an appreciation of her life's work by State Rabbi Zsolt Balla, who is a member of the board of the Orthodox Rabbinical Conference of Germany (ORD). With a biographical contribution by Tovah Lichtenstein

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geboren 1958, Dr., Inhaber des Lehrstuhls für Religionspädagogik und Direktor des Forschungszentrums für Religion und Bildung (FZRB) der Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena. born in 1958, Dr., Chair Holder in Religious Education and Director of the Research Center for Religion and Education (RCRE) at Friedrich Schiller University Jena. geboren 1991, M. A., Mitarbeiter am Lehrstuhl für Religionspädagogik und Geschäftsführer des Forschungszentrums für Religion und Bildung (FZRB) der Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena.born in 1991, M. A., Research Associate at the Chair of Religious Education and Coordinator of the Research Center for Religion and Education (RCRE) at Friedrich Schiller University Jena.

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Lithuanian-American pedagogue Tonya Soloveitchik, née Levit, (1904-1967) is a time witness of the history of the Jewish Diaspora in Lithuania, Germany, and the USA. Raised in a religious family in the midst of Vilnius, the 'Jerusalem of the North,' Levit earned her PhD at the University of Jena and, alongside her husband, Rabbi Joseph Ber Soloveitchik (1903-1993), she became the co-founder of a Modern Orthodox school for girls and boys in Boston. This edited volume contains the dissertation of Tonya Levit on the little-known history of Jewish education in Poland, which was published in 1931. The reprint of this work is accompanied by a chapter on Levit's student days in Jena, a biography written by her daughter, Tovah Lichtenstein, and an appreciation of her life's work by State Rabbi Zsolt Balla, who is a member of the board of the Orthodox Rabbinical Conference of Germany (ORD). With a biographical contribution by Tovah Lichtenstein