Studies in Judaism and Jewish Education in honor of Dr. Lifsa B. Schachter

About the Book

This book is a collection of essays in honor of the life and work of Dr. Lifsa Schachter .  The contributors span a broad range of Dr. Schachter's 50-year involvement in Jewish education and scholarship.  The three major foci of the volume--Bible, Hebrew, and Jewish education--reflect the three major arenas of her work.   Within each of these areas, the essays encompass Dr. Schachter's commitment to thoughtful reflection (theory) and competent and creative implementation (practice). Also included are several essays by Dr. Schachter as well as reflections from Lifsa's students and colleagues on her contribution to their personal and professional growth.  

About the Author

This anthology has been assembled by an editorial committee of three colleagues of Lifsa Schachter: Jean Loeb Lettofsky, for thirty years, director of the Aaron Garber Library of the Laura and Alvin Siegal College of Judaic Studies (Siegal College). A graduate of the University of Wisconsin and its School of Library and Information Studies, she is co-author of Oral Histories: Wisconsin Survivors of the Holocaust, and a union list of Jewish periodicals held in Cleveland. Dr. Jeffrey Schein, formerly professor and director of the Department of Jewish Education at Siegal College, and Senior Consultant for Jewish Education for the Jewish Reconstructionist Federation. He is a graduate of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College and of the doctoral program in curriculum studies of Temple University in Philadelphia, and was the first non-pulpit rabbi to receive the Ira Eisenstein award from the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association for distinguished service. Professor Brian Amkraut is currently the Executive Director of the Laura and Alvin Siegal Siegal Lifelong Learning Program at Case Western Reserve University, having served on the faculty at Oberlin College and Siegal College prior to becoming Provost at Siegal College, a post he held for five years. He received his B.A. from Columbia University and his PhD from New York University. His book Between Home and Homeland: Youth Aliyah from Nazi Germany was published in 2006. He has published articles addressing the impact of changing technologies in contemporary Jewish life.