ABSTRACT
Individual Jews may marry into non-Jewish families, adopt some form of Christianity, and bring up children who will not know they are in any way Jewish and who will not be looked upon as such by their fellow citizens. Jewish education, then, means the education of Jews. Its primary aim must be to make Jews self-respecting and respected members of the community in which they live. The substance of traditional Jewish education has been in the main religious, and at all times our people has made tremendous sacrifices to maintain it. No plan of Jewish education can leave religion out. The good repute and fate of the whole Jewish people is affected by the conduct of those who do not, as well as of those who do, follow the old religious ways. Clearly, therefore, the problem of Jewish education cannot be adequately or wisely solved by restricting ourselves to its religious aspects.
