Michael Rosenak

Professor Michael Rosenak (December 23, 1932 – May 14, 2013) was an Israeli philosopher of Jewish education. He was Mandel Professor of Jewish Education at Hebrew University in Jerusalem.

Biography

Michael Rosenak was born in Germany but he grew up in the United States. He graduated Yeshiva University. He emigrated to Israel 1958. In the 1960s, he taught a popular course at Hebrew University's program for overseas students, "Basic issues in contemporary Jewish life." He held various positions during his academic life, before becoming a full professor at the Melton Centre, and was also noted for his involvement in hands-on educational institutions, such as Kiryat Moriah (World Zionist Organization), the Pardes Institute, the development of the curriculum for the Independent Jewish Day School in London, the Mandel Institute, and many prestigious institutions of Jewish education around the world.

Works

• Michael Rosenak. 1986. Teaching Jewish Values: A Conceptual Guide. Jerusalem: The Melton Centre, The Hebrew University. (Spanish edition published by the Melton Centre in 1987; Russian edition published by The Joint Distribution Committee in Jerusalem, 1995).
• Michael Rosenak. 1987. Commandments and Concerns: Jewish Religious Education in Secular Society. Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society.
• Michael Rosenak. 1995. Roads to the Palace: Jewish Texts and Teaching. Providence, Oxford and London: Berghahn Books for the Institute of Education, University of London.
• Michael Rosenak. 2001. Tree of Life, Tree of Knowledge, Boulder, Colorado: Westview.

• מיכאל רוזנק, צריך עיון: בין מסורת ומודרנה בחינוך היהודי, ירושלים: הוצאת מאגנס תשס"ג
• Michael Rosenak, Covenant and Community JTSA PRESS, 2013

References

• Wikipedia Academia references [1]
• "Further Reading" (With short biography, the Mandel Institute website) [2]
• Short obituary and references, H-Net [3]