"I Had to Reinvent My Jewishness": Personal and Professional Identity Perceptions of Jewish Culture Teachers from the Former Soviet Union. Issue 2 (3rd April 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Binhas, Adi; Yaniv, Iris
• Is Part Of: Journal of Jewish education. Volume 88:Issue 2(2022)
• Page Start: 154
• Page End: 173
• Publication Date: 2022-04-03
• Subjects: Israeli public education system -- Jewish culture -- Jewish identity -- teachers' personal and professional identity -- teachers from the FSU; Jews -- Education -- Periodicals; Jews -- Education -- United States -- Periodicals; Jewish religious education -- Periodicals; 370.89924073
• DOI: 10.1080/15244113.2021.1985408
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1524-4113

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This article deals with the perceived professional and personal identity of Israeli public-school teachers of subjects related to Jewish culture who have immigrated from the former Soviet Union (FSU). Our research question was: What was the impact of the emigration from the FSU on the teachers' Jewish-Israeli identity construction, and how did this process reflect on their professional self-perception as teachers of Jewishness-related subjects? We found that the development of the teachers' individual Jewish identity had a considerable impact on shaping their educational approach to teaching Jewish cultural subjects.