GRiSSH::Balkan studies : biannual publication of the Institute for Balkan Studies | Vol.34, No.2, 1993 | Education in the Jewish community of Thessaloniki in the beggining of the twentieth century

Education in the Jewish community of Thessaloniki in the beggining of the twentieth century

Part of : Balkan studies : biannual publication of the Institute for Balkan Studies ; Vol.34, No.2, 1993, pages 259-269

Issue:

Vol.34, No.2, 1993

Pages:

259-269

Section Title:

Articles

Author:

Molho, Rena

Abstract:

The second rennaissance enjoyed by the Thessaloniki Jewish communityin the beginning of the 20th century, owed much to the renewal of its educationalsystem, introduced by the establishment of the Alliance Israelite UniverselleSchools in 1873-1874.This study deals with the internal and external factors that contributedto this change and the development of the new educational system and itsinstitutions in Thessaloniki. It also discusses the ideological and economicimpact that the new educational wave exercised upon the society and cultureof this exceptional Jewish community which was to all Jews “The Metropolisof Israel”.

Subject:

Educational sciences

Subject (LC):

Εκπαίδευση

Keywords:

Εκπαίδευση στην ιουδαϊκή κοινότητα της Θεσσαλονίκης

Notes:

This article has been delivered in the Xtth World Congress of Jewish Studies inJerusalem, June 22-29, 1993. The author expresses her gratitude to the Memorial Foundationof Jewish Culture and the Jewish Community of Thessaloniki, for their support in herresearch into the history of the Jews of Thessaloniki.