Leibush Lehrer Explained

Leibush L. Lehrer
Birth Date:	April 6, 1887
Birth Place:	Warsaw
Death Date:	September 17, 1964
Death Place:	New York, NY
Occupation:	Yiddish educator and lyricist

Leibush L. Lehrer (1887–1964) was a leading^[1] Yiddish pedagogue,^{[2] [3]} writer, philosopher and lyricist. He authored several books on education, psychology, and literature. Born in Warsaw, he emigrated to the United States in 1909.^[4] From 1919 until his death, he lectured at the Jewish Teachers Seminary. Lehrer was also involved with the research efforts of YIVO as the Secretary for the Section on Psychology and Education.^{[5] [6]} He was a proponent of the position that Judaism was an entire folk culture, not merely a religion.

Lehrer was the director^[7] and guiding spirit of Camp Boiberik,^[8] an educational children's camp operated by the Sholem Aleichem Folk Institute in the Hudson valley village of Rhinebeck, NY, from 1923–1964.^[9]

Selected works

• Psikhologye (1919)
• Di Moderne idishe shul (1927)
• Shrifṭn far psikhologye un pedagogiḳ (1933)
• Yidishḳeyṭ : un andere problemen (1940)
• Shmuel Niger bukh (1958)
• In gaist fun tradicie (1966)

References

1. Book: Morris Norman Kertzer. Today's American Jew. 29 January 2013. 1967. McGraw-Hill. 196.
2. Book: Robert R. Mathisen. Critical Issues in American Religious History. 29 January 2013. 2006. Baylor University Press. 978-1-932792-39-3. 621–.
3. In Memoriam Leibush Lehrer. Journal of Jewish Education. 35. 3. 1965. 132–134. 1524-4113. 10.1080/0021642650350302.
4. Web site: Leibush L. Lehrer. Prominent Jewish Educator, Dies in New York; Was 77 . . September 18, 1964 . JTA . 17 April 2016.
5. Book: James R. Dow. The Nazification of an Academic Discipline: Folklore in the Third Reich. 29 January 2013. 1994. Indiana University Press. 978-0-253-31821-3. 72–.
6. Encyclopedia: YIVO. Cecile Esther Kuznitz. 2010. YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern European . 29 January 2013.
7. Krasner. Jonathan B.. Passionate Pioneers: The Story of Yiddish Secular Education in North America, 1910–1960 (review). American Jewish History. 96. 3. 2011. 225–227. 1086-3141. 10.1353/ajh.2011.0000. 161869467.
8. Book: Isidore David Passow. Samuel Tobias Lachs. Gratz College Annual of Jewish Studies. 29 January 2013. 1972. Gratz College.. 113.
9. Book: Dawidowicz, Lucy . From That Place And Time: A Memoir, 1938-1947. 1989 . W.W. Norton . New York . 0-393-02674-4.