Abstract
In this article the author argues that for 150 years Jewish educationhas negotiated the tensions between modernity and Judaism bymeans of liberal religion, ultra Orthodoxy, and secular Zionism. Allthree are in crisis today due to the rise of postmodernism. Jewisheducational thought therefore needs to create new syntheses betweenJewish and postmodern life. To this end the concepts of Aliyah,modernity, and exile should be reevaluated and Jewish educationshould embrace the goal of working with God toward redemption.For more than 150 years Jewish education has focused on the tensionsbetween rabbinic Judaism and modernity. Each of the modelsfor negotiating these tensions-religious liberalism, ultra orthodoxy,and secular Zionism-succeeded beyond the imaginations of thosewho conceived them. Yet, each is in a state of crisis today, resultingfrom a deconstruction of both the rabbinic and modern assumptionsupon which they are based. Addressing these crises requires reevaluationof key assumptions about the educational significance of Israel,modernity, and exile in order to lay the groundwork for more productiveinteractions between the Jewish people and its heritage on theone hand and the postmodern condition into which we are emergingon the other.
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