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Publication Date: January 1916
Publisher: Jewish Communal Service Association of North America
Author(s): Robert A. Hess
Research Area: Culture and religion; Education
Keywords: Education; Religion; Church and state
Type: Other
Coverage: Wisconsin
Abstract:
The author describes the Milwaukee Yiddishe Folkschule, a free Sunday morning school where Yiddish, Hebrew, and Jewish history are taught from a secular perspective. The school recently moved into a public school building and faced criticism from the Jewish community. The author defends the school, arguing that it is possible to teach Hebrew without teaching religion, that Yiddish is a real language, and that there is plenty of Jewish history to teach without teaching the Bible as a sacred document.
Bulletin of the National Conference of Jewish Charities, 6:6