By Akiva Eldar : Jewish heritage does not begin and end in the synagogue
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Title: Overhaul Jewish education Name: David City: NY State: US
Israel needs an institution like the "Lehranstalt fuer die Wissenschaft des Judentums" as created in 19th century Germany by Reform - i.e. an Academy for the Science of Judaism (although "science" is a bad translation) - which teaches Judaism in its totality, not just talmudic pilpul. Jews are abysmally ignorant of their own history and culture. David