Excerpt from Theories of Americanization: A Critical Study, With Special Reference to the Jewish Group
This book has been accepted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy under the Faculty of Philosophy, Columbia University. Such acceptance, it is understood, indicates a judgment only in reference to quality of work; it does not imply that the views expressed are sanctioned by the University authorities or by the members of the committee which passed upon the dissertation. For the point of view presented, the writer must bear the sole responsibility.
I wish to acknowledge my indebtedness and to express my sincere thanks to my teachers in Columbia University; to Professor John Dewey, whose inspiration and encouragement led me to undertake the writing; to Dr. Isaac L. Kandel, Associate in Education, for many valuable suggestions; and especially to Dr. William H. Kilpatrick, Professor of the Philosophy of Education, who has given me at every point painstaking, constructive, and clarifying criticism. Of my associates, I wish to thank Dr. A. M. Dushkin, now secretary of the Vaad Hahinuch in Palestine, and Dr. Julius Drachsler, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Smith College, for what I learned from our many discussions as well as for their criticism of various parts of the study. I am grateful to Mr. Sol Bluhm for giving me unstintingly of his time in the revision of the manuscript and in the reading of proof. There are many other friends to whom thanks are due for helpful services.
My deepest debt of gratitude is due the Bureau of Jewish Education, brought into being by the will and genius of its director, Dr. Samson Benderly. Ten years of close association with him and this work have given me an unexampled opportunity to gain an insight into Jewish affairs, a sense of discipline in organization, a technique in practical work. Most of all, through the Bureau of Jewish Education I have had the rare and profound experience of conversation and comradeship with a group of men and women, teachers and co-workers, devoted through many trials, with single-mindedness and purity of purpose, to the practical realization of a spiritual ideal.
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