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From the 19th century onward, public education became compulsory in most of Europe, and Jewish schools were established in order to maintain educational control over Jewish children. In the Beth Jacob system, women primarily learn Torah, and also some halacha (Jewish religious law), but not the Talmud.
How Did Jewish Education Get This Way? Before we start, let’s put some historical/sociological context to this educational system. Jewish society has always been an outlier, mostly because its principal religious and social activity is education.
- Tzvi Freeman
However, the school system did not develop until Joshua ben Gamla (64 CE) the high priest caused public schools to be opened in every town and hamlet for all children above six or seven years of age (Babylonian Talmud, Bava Batra 21a).
Jews believe a man called Abraham was the the first person to make a covenant with God. Abraham was a Hebrew. Jews believe God named Abraham's grandson Israel. After this, the Hebrews became...
Hebrew school is Jewish education focusing on topics of Jewish history, learning the Hebrew language, and finally learning one's Torah Portion, in preparation for the ceremony in Judaism of entering adulthood, known as a Bar or Bat Mitzvah.
Aug 28, 2023 · To the rescue: the school as laboratory. When the Central Jewish Institute, an up-to-the-minute facility on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, opened its doors in 1916, its founders made a point...
by 1850, Jewish schools had opened in all areas of the country in which the Jewish population was living. Their continuation was assured when, in March 1853, the Manchester Jews' School received state funding, putting the Jewish schools on an equal basis, for the first time, with other denominational schools.
