THE TANGIBLES OF JEWISH EDUCATION |
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| Authors: | Dr Simon Greenberg |
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| Institution: | 1. President, University of Judaism in Los Angeles;2. Vice‐Chancellor, Jewish Theological Seminary of America |
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| Abstract: | As a Rule, when discussing Jewish existence, we use the term survival. Actually, continuity is more accurate. Certainly it is more dynamic. Continuity indicates the state or quality of being continuous. It denotes the fact that Jewish life is an uninterrupted succession of Jewish people and events. Continuity is an absolute condition. Survival, however, indicates an act of surviving or merely lasting longer than others. Survival is something that continues to exist after the cessation of something else. As such, survival is a relative phenomenon. Moreover, continuity implies creative growth; survival connotes bare existence, even decline. |
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