ERIC Number: EJ811528
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2008-Jan
Pages: 20
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ISSN: ISSN-1524-4113
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Authenticity, Autonomy, and Authority: Feminist Jewish Learning among Post-Soviet Women
Grant, Lisa D.
Journal of Jewish Education, v74 n1 p83-102 Jan 2008
This articles explores how a group of women in the Former Soviet Union grapple with questions of Jewish identity and Jewish "authenticity" as they participate in adult Jewish learning program that employs methods of feminist pedagogy and transformative learning. The study reflects on areas of dissonance between the transformational learning process and the tenacity of the women's world assumptions that are shaped by background, history, and worldview. While the learning process seems to be prompting these women to seriously and critically reflect on and reframe their self-understanding as learners and as Jews, their limited content-knowledge combined with a tentative sense of personal authority about Jewish life seems to impede their ability to harmonize their learning with a clear sense of what constitutes authentic practice of Judaism. (Contains 1 footnote.)
Descriptors: Feminism, Jews, Females, Transformative Learning, Ethnicity, Adult Education, Teaching Methods, Judaism, Cultural Background, History, World Views, Learning Processes, Knowledge Level
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Adult Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Belarus; Russia; Ukraine
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