DI GESHIKHTE FUN YIDISHN SHULVEZN IN UMOPHENGIKN POYLN

Kazdan, Hayyim Solomon

Published by Meksike; Gezelshaft Kultur Un Hilf, 1947

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Publishers cloth. 8vo. 571 pages. 23 cm. First edition. In Yiddish. Di geshikhte fun yidishn shulvezn in umophengikn poyln (The History of the Jewish School Movement in Independent Poland) ; published in Mexico; written by Khayim Shloyme Kazdan (1883-1979) , a "Bundist, educator, and leader of the secular Yiddish school movement. . Between 1918 and 1920, Kazdan served as secretary of the influential Kiev-based Kultur-lige. Taking an active interest in the Yiddish school movement, he helped to establish Shul un lebn (School and Life) the first pedagogical journal in Yiddish. He moved to Warsaw in 1920, and maintained his active roles in the Yiddish school movement and the Bund. He was one of the principal leaders and founders of the Central Yiddish School Organization (TSYSHO) , a network of secular-socialist Yiddish schools founded in June 1921 in Poland. Kazdan wrote for the TSYSHO press and published curriculum guides for secular Yiddish schools; among his contributions were the Program fun yidish-limed in der 7-klasiker folks-shul (Syllabus for the Study of Yiddish in the Seventh-Grade Folk School; 1925) , Metodik fun yidisher shprakh (A Yiddish Language Curriculum; 1939) , as well as many articles on educational theory and the secular Yiddish schools. In the 1930s, Kazdan served as director of TSYSHO in Warsaw. " (Yivo Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe) . Subjects: Jews - Education - Poland. Z ydowska Centralna Organizacja Szkolna. Light wear to edges of cloth and endpages, otherwise fresh. Very good condition. (HOLO2-108-8). Seller Inventory # 31750

Bibliographic Details

Title: DI GESHIKHTE FUN YIDISHN SHULVEZN IN ...

Publisher: Meksike; Gezelshaft Kultur Un Hilf

Publication Date: 1947

Binding: Hardcover

Edition: 1st Edition