Graduation: Motifs and Meanings

Walter Ackerman is Shane Family Professor of Education at Ben Gurion University of the Negev. Prior to settling in Israel he was Vice-President for Academic Affairs of the University of Judaism in Los Angeles. His major research interests are the development of the Israeli school system and the history of Jewish education in the United States. He is one of the editors of Education in an Evolving Society: Schooling in Israel (Hebrew and German) and has written extensively on many aspects of Jewish education in America.