The only periodical of its kind for young Jews in Great Britain at the end of the nineteenth century, Young Israel models itself to a degree on other children's magazines of the time. Young Israel was published monthly between 1897 and 1901. My copy is from November 1897 - or so I thought, until I … Continue reading Young Israel, A Magazine for Jewish Youth, London, November (December) 1897.
Tag: Jews Free School
History of Our People in Rabbinic Times by Joseph Halpern, London, 1948.
This textbook has everything that you would want in English Judaica. It was written by an important Anglo-Jewish teacher and scholar, it was printed in Whitechapel at the Narod Press, it was published by Shapiro Valentine when they were known as a bookshop, and it was "seen through the press" by Chimen Abramsky, son of … Continue reading History of Our People in Rabbinic Times by Joseph Halpern, London, 1948.
London Board of Jewish Religious Education, Eleventh Report, 1960.
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.
The Law of Sinai and Its Appointed Times, by Moses Angel, London 1858.
Moses Angel (1819-1898) was the Headmaster of the Jews Free School, which was founded in London in 1732. He was born Angel Moses, one of the eleven children of Emanuel and Sarah Moses. He said that he was adopted at a young age by a non-Jewish gentleman, who appears to have paid for his education. … Continue reading The Law of Sinai and Its Appointed Times, by Moses Angel, London 1858.
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