This report details the organization required to provide 13,681 children with some level of Jewish education in 1960. This includes mainstreem orthodox Synagogue Hebrew Classes and Talmud Torahs, and the Jews Free School, but not schools of the religious left or right. Included below are lists of all the people who attended meetings (or not!) … Continue reading London Board of Jewish Religious Education, Eleventh Report, 1960.
Category: Schools
Whittinghame Farm School Ltd., First Annual Report, 1940.
This is an important document which describes the period after November 1938, when there was a great effort by some to bring the maximum amount of Jewish refugee children from Europe to the United Kingdom, known as the kindertransport. Whittinghame House, in Lothian, Scotland, was the birthplace and country home of Lord Balfour, the former … Continue reading Whittinghame Farm School Ltd., First Annual Report, 1940.
Jews College, London, The Library, A History, by Ruth P. Lehmann, London, 1967.
From time to time, books appear for sale that have come from the Jews College Library, in London, and I have occasionally bought these and previously written about them. Jews College was founded in 1855 as a Rabbinical College in London. It was a college of the University of London until recent years, and has … Continue reading Jews College, London, The Library, A History, by Ruth P. Lehmann, London, 1967.
Jewish Branch of the Children’s Country Holidays Fund, Report, 1906 (London 1907).
This is another of the Annual reports of the Jewish Branch of the Children’s Country Holiday Fund. I have previously written about my copy of the report for 1909. The President of this Charity in 1906 was Ernest Louis Franklin. For more information about the Franklin family, click here. The committee includes the wives of … Continue reading Jewish Branch of the Children’s Country Holidays Fund, Report, 1906 (London 1907).
Annual Report of the Executive Committee, Union of Hebrew and Religion Classes, London 1937.
This, the 29th Annual Report, has details of Hebrew classes that were run at 54 London synagogues in 1936-37 (5797). It includes the name and address of the representative of each synagogue's Hebrew classes. There were 4,400 pupils, with some concern at lower numbers for girls than boys. The report also lists names of annual … Continue reading Annual Report of the Executive Committee, Union of Hebrew and Religion Classes, London 1937.
Friends of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Annual Report 1938-9, London.
This booklet is really the Annual Report of the British Friends, who had been established in 1926. It describes the University on the eve of the Second World War and has interesting lists of subscribers and donors. The Organizing Secretary of the Friends when this report was written was Chaim Raphael. He was born Chaim … Continue reading Friends of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Annual Report 1938-9, London.
Jewish Religious Education Board, Forty-Fourth Annual Report 1938.
This is the record of a substantial organization, dedicated to providing Jewish Religious education in London schools, mainly in the East End of London. However, by 1938, numbers were declining as the Jewish community was already relocating to better or more middle-class neighbourhoods. This was also at a time when the minimum school-leaving age had … Continue reading Jewish Religious Education Board, Forty-Fourth Annual Report 1938.
The Jewish Memorial Council Central Committee for Jewish Education, Annual Report by Herbert Adler, 1936-37.
This is the report of Herbert Adler, the Director of Education. It gives am interesting report on Jewish Education in Britain in 1936-37, including not just London, but communities all over the British Isles. Herbert Marcus Adler (1876-1940) was a grandson of Chief Rabbi Nathan Marcus Adler. He was educated at the City of London … Continue reading The Jewish Memorial Council Central Committee for Jewish Education, Annual Report by Herbert Adler, 1936-37.
Hendon Synagogue Hebrew School, Annual Prize Distribution, 9th April 1967.
This was tipped inside my copy of the official opening and consecration of the nearby Finchley Synagogue, which took place the following week. Presumably the original owner attended both events. Hendon United Synagogue was originally called Hendon Synagogue. From 1928 to 1935 it was at 128 Brent Street, London NW4. The original building was sold … Continue reading Hendon Synagogue Hebrew School, Annual Prize Distribution, 9th April 1967.
Jews College, Ninety-Fourth Annual Report, 1951.
Jews College was founded as a Rabbinical Seminary in London in 1855. In 1951 it was housed in Woburn House, Tavistock Square. I have quite a few Jews College items in my collection, including publications and annual reports. I have previously written about the Jubilee of Jews College in 1906, the 75th Anniversary in 1931 … Continue reading Jews College, Ninety-Fourth Annual Report, 1951.
