Episode: 3          Lesson Plan: 2

Religious Education in the 1920s

Objective:

  • Students will understand the significance of Jewish education in the Syrian community in the 1920s and contrast it with today’s educational models.

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“At that time, the teaching was done in Arabic.  In other words, they would describe the Hebrew words in Arabic so, if we had a problem with one language, then we had a problem with two.  Hacham Matloub Abadi alav ha shalom was a very, very strict on the on the idea that Hebrew should be taught in Hebrew.  So it was evrit, b’evrit, which was a very, very important step for the community.”

– Moe Tawil

“Right across from our public school was our Hebrew school.  So when I was about 9 years old, we used to go to PS 205 from 9:00 to 3:00.  After that, you went across the street to have your Hebrew lessons from 3:00 to 7:00 at night.”

– Albert Ades

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