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547 MAY 1918 567
Kisses to
the
boys!
We
would
just
be
sailing
in
a
sheltered
bay,
not
on
the
open
sea.
547.
From Zionist Association of
Germany
Berlin,
23
May
1918
Dear
Sir,
The
preacher
at
the
Great
Synagogue
in
Lodz,
Rabbi
M.
Braude,[1]
is
coming
to Berlin in
the
next
day
or so
in order
to
instill interest in
the Institutes
of
Jewish
Teaching
founded and directed
by
him with
great
success.
Dr.
Braude
is
the
founder and director of
the first
Jewish
secondary
school
[Gymnasium]
in
Poland,
at which it
is
being
attempted to
provide
Jewish
pupils
an
education
completely
commensurate with
a
western
European
one on
a consciously
Jewish
basis.
The
secondary
school
is
composed
of
a
section
for
boys
and
one
for
girls;
the
latter
is
still
in the
development stage,
whereas
the
boys’
section
is
releasing
its
first
graduates
this
fall.
Instruction
is
being
carried out
by first-class, exclusively
academically
qualified
teachers in
the
Polish
language
and in
a
consciously
Jewish
spirit.
The
curriculum,
which
is
based
on
very
modern
pedagogical principles,
represents
an
excellent combination of the
requirements a
school must address in
order to
develop
its
pupils
into
well-rounded citizens
of
its
country and,
to
the
same
degree,
into individuals with
a
strong
awareness
of
their
Jewish
national
heritage.[2]
A
textbook
publishing
house
is
affiliated with
the
school
through
which
a
number
of
books
necessary
for
instruction
at
the
school
have
already
appeared.
The
school
enjoys
a
good
reputation
extending
well
beyond
Poland’s
borders
and maintains
itself
entirely
with
its
own
funds.
In continued
pursuit
of his
purposeful
cultural
plans,
Dr. Braude has
now
initiated the foundation
of
a
Jewish Teacher
Training
College
in Lodz which aims
at
qualifying
its students
as
suitable
primary
and middle-school teachers
working
in
this
spirit,
which has
already proven
so
exceptionally
fruitful at
the
secondary
school
in Lodz.
The
Polish Education
Ministry
has
given permission
to
open
this teacher
training
college,
and thus
the
first Jewish teacher
training
college
in
Lodz
will
be
inaugurated
in
the
autumn
of this
year.
Those who know
about the
terrible
shortage
of teachers and
the
resulting
atrocious
cultural
poverty
of
the
Polish Jews
will
duly acknowledge
the
eminent
significance
of
this foundation.
It
is
the
purpose
of Rabbi Braude’s visit to attract
interest in this
college
among
broader
circles of German
Jews concerned
about
elevating
the cultural
niveau of
Polish Jews.
We
are
counting
on
you,
esteemed
Sir,
also
to show
your frequently
established
interest in
this
issue,
which
is
of
importance
as
much from
the
Jewish
and
Polish