Back To School
People of The Book
It’s September and school is back. Few things bond Jewish communities throughout centuries and diasporas more than the bond of learning and commitment to education. Here are some school related images from our collection at the Beit Hatfutsot open databases
1. Pupils in a religious school, Israel, 1950’s
Photo: Leni Sonnenfeld. Beit Hatfutsot, the Oster Visual Documentation Center, the Sonnenfeld collection
2. Jewish School in Nitra. Slovakia 1932
Photo: Beit Hatfutsot, the Oster Visual Documentation Center, courtesy of Mr. Greenwald
3. Pupils of “Dagan” School. Warsaw, Poland, 1919
Photo: Beit Hatfutsot, the Oster Visual Documentation Center, courtesy of David Rotblitt, Israel
4. Purimspiel with school children. Turku, Finland, 1962
Photo: Beit Hatfutsot, the Oster Visual Documentation Center, courtesy of Jakob Seela, Finland
5. Hebrew lesson in Benker school, Ethiopia, 1979
Photo: Beit Hatfutsot, the Oster Visual Documentation Center, courtesy of John Rivkin
6. Eighth-grade Graduates of Alliance school, Tunis Tunisia 1953
Photo: Beit Hatfutsot, the Oster Visual Documentation Center, courtesy of Georgette Thuthan
7. Class in a Jewish school, USA, 1950s
Photo: Herbert Sonnenfeld. Beit Hatfutsot, the Oster Visual Documentation Center, the Sonnenfeld collection
8. Class photo of Rene’ Cohen (Raphael Cohen’s sister) at the girls’ school elementary school, Meknes, Morocco, January 20, 1948
Photo: Beit Hatfutsot, the Oster Visual Documentation Center, Raphael & Georgette Cohen collection
9. Girls at the English Public School in Shanghai, China 1930s
Photo: Beit Hatfutsot, the Oster Visual Documentation Center, courtesy of Mercia Grant
10. Alliance School in Salonika, c.1912
Photo: Beit Hatfutsot, the Oster Visual Documentation Center, the Salonika Collection
11. School Photo, Kovno, Lithuania, 1920
Photo: Beit Hatfutsot, the Oster Visual Documentation Center, Courtesy of Mrs. Verblum B.O.D. Cape Town
12. Elementary school-boy, Israel, 1970s
Photo: Beit Hatfutsot, Leni Sonnenfeld Beth Hatefutsoth Photo Archive, Sonnenfeld collection
13. Primary school, Rome, Italy, 1915
Photo: Beit Hatfutsot, the Oster Visual Documentation Center
