Back to School

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Summary

A groundbreaking study of the significant impact of Jewish Day Schools on the lives of parents as well as their children.

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Foreword
Introduction: Why Study Day-School Parents?	p. 1
A School Downtown: The Ethnographic Context for the Study	p. 17
The Winding Road to School: Why and How Parents Choose DJDS	p. 37
What Are Parents Doing at School? Framing the Interactions between Parents and Their Children's Schools	p. 64
The School as Shul: Jewish Day Schools as Places of Worship, Study, and Assembly, for Parents	p. 89
The School at Home: Private Encounters between Parents and Their Children's School	p. 111
Beyond Downtown to the Suburbs: Testing the Limits of the DJDS Case	p. 132
Conclusion: Learning from What's Downtown	p. 151
References	p. 169
Index	p. 179
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