Barbara Lerner Specter

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Barbara Lerner Specter , born Barbara Specter (* 1942 in Madison , Wisconsin ) is an American philosopher, lecturer in philosophy and founding director of Paideia - The European Institute for Jewish Studies in Sweden (European Institute for Jewish Studies in Sweden ), a Non-denominational academic institute founded in 2001.

Life

Barbara Specter was born in Wisconsin and grew up in New York . She studied philosophy at Columbia University and New York University and received her PhD from Bar Ilan University in Ramat Gan, Israel . She married Rabbi Philip Specter, and the couple moved to Ashkelon , Israel in 1967 , where she worked in the Faculty of Jewish Studies at Achva College of Education. After moving to Jerusalem in 1982, she worked on the faculty of the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem, the Melton Center of the Hebrew University , and the Yellin College of Education. In 1984 she was the founding chairwoman of the Schechter Institute in Jerusalem.

In 1999 she emigrated to Sweden and settled with her family in Stockholm , where her husband became rabbi of the Stockholm Synagogue. In 2000, on behalf of the Swedish government, she wrote the founding statutes for Paideia - The European Institute for Jewish Studies in Sweden , named after Paideia , which she has been running ever since. By 2011, Paideia had trained over 200 people from 35 countries for leadership positions in the renewal of Jewish culture in Europe.

Awards

In 2007 she was the recipient of the “Max Fisher Prize for Jewish Education in the Diaspora”, the “ICRF - 2008 Women in Action Award”, the “Award for Contribution to Jewish Education” of the Seminary of Judaic Studies (1991) and the "The First Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies Award for Jewish Education" (1998).

Fonts

Books

  • Educating Jewish Leaders in a Pan-European Perspective . International Handbook of Jewish Education, Springer, 2011
  • with Noam Zion: A Different Light: The Hannukah Book of Celebration . 2 volumes, Devora Press, 2000
  • Noam Zion . Devora Press, 2000

items

  • Sex and Destiny in the Palace: The Book of Esther . In: The Jewish Chronicle, March 9, 2001
  • Zionism, Democracy, and Judaism . In: Zionism, The Sequel, Carol Diament, ed, 1998
  • with Paul Lipst: Teaching Past: An Israeli Model . Journal of Jewish Education, Vol. 61, No.1, Spring 1994
  • Adult Education Curriculum . Hebrew University, 1989
  • A Theology of Doubt . In: Eit L'asot, autumn 1989
  • A Jewish State or a State of Jews . In: Rabbinical Assembly Proceedings, 1988
  • Zionism and Democracy . In: Zionist Conference Proceedings, Jewish Theological Seminary, 1989
  • The Moral Dilemma of Israel . in: Rabbinical Assembly Proceedings, 1982

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Staff . Paideia. Retrieved December 5, 2013.
  2. ^ European Institute of Jewish Studies in Sweden
  3. ^ Max M. Fisher Prize Awarded for Jewish Education in the Diaspora, 2007 ( Memento from September 15, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ 2008 Women of Action Luncheon Committee ( Memento from September 30, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF)
personal data
SURNAME Lerner Specter, Barbara
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Specter, Barbara (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American philosopher and lecturer in philosophy
DATE OF BIRTH 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Madison , Wisconsin