Archives & Special Collections
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Collections
History of UMass Dartmouth & the University Archives
Southeastern Massachusetts Historical Collection
Paul Rudolph & His Architecture
Archives of the Center for Jewish Culture
Franco-American Historical Collections
Congressman Barney Frank Archives Collection
Howard T. Glasser Archives of Folk Music and Letter Arts
Hebrew Education
In the early 20th century, Jewish children attended Hebrew classes after public school. One was conducted by the Hebrew Educational League, Inc. and the other by the Congregation Chesed Shel Emes in back of the building. Louis R. Liss reported in his interview that the Talmud Torah, or Hebrew School, was around the corner from the synagogue on Acushnet Avenue just a bit below Howland Street Lillian Feingold remembers being the only girl to attend Hebrew classes on Washington Street with Mr. Rothkopf as her teacher.This was a time of great Jewish learning in New Bedford when early immigrant families wanted a connection to their Jewish heritage.Later schools were based at the synagogues, Ahavath Achim and Tifereth Israel.