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Nathan Marcus Adler, Grace Aguilar, and the Reimagining of Jewish Education in Victorian Britain
Dr. Lindsay Katzir, Gratz's new Jewish Studies Assistant Director and Assistant Professor, offers a fascinating lecture about Jewish education. She examines how an unlikely pair—Chief Rabbi Nathan Marcus Adler and popular novelist Grace Aguilar—transformed thinking about Jewish education in Victorian Britain. Drawing on Adler's efforts to systematize Jewish schooling and Aguilar's educational writings, this program explores how both thinkers argued that Jewish education must engage not just the intellect but also the emotions. Together, their work left a lasting legacy, influencing Jewish educational practice on both sides of the Atlantic.