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Gibraltar Hebrew School. Gibraltar Hebrew School, also Talmud Torah Hebrew School, is a government school in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar.The foundation stone of the school, designed by Samuel Levy, was laid on 3 September 1895 in a ceremony attended by the Rabbi of Gibraltar and the local Jewish community. [1]
This is a list of schools in Gibraltar. Gibraltar has fifteen state schools (eight first schools, six middle schools and two comprehensive schools), one MOD school, two private schools and one language school.
On 31 March 2015 the government of Gibraltar announced the adoption of the University of Gibraltar Act and The University of Gibraltar, the first university of the territory, opened in September 2015. [3] [4] Previously, all students must study elsewhere at degree level or equivalent and certain non-degree courses. [1]
The years between 2008 and 2011 were remarkable for a nearly 25% increase in the size of Gibraltar's Jewish community. Mark Benady, vice president of Gibraltar's Jewish community, is of the opinion that the area's infrastructure, including its four synagogues, could support a community of 2,000. [8] [21]
Jewish education has been valued since the birth of Judaism.In the Hebrew Bible Abraham is lauded for instructing his offspring in God's ways. [3] One of the basic duties of Jewish parents is to provide for the instruction of their children as set forth in the first paragraph of the Shema Yisrael prayer: “Take to heart these instructions with which I charge you this day.
Students learn the concept of tzedakah (charity), become acquainted with Jewish rituals and customs, and gain a better understanding of Jewish history and the land of Israel. [5] Classes may also include lessons on Jewish ethics and morality. In the earlier years of Hebrew school, children will explore God, spirituality and ethics.
But the protests continued, reaching fever pitch in 1933, as more Jewish immigrants arrived to make a home for themselves, the influx accelerating from 4,000 in 1931 to 62,000 in 1935.
This is a list of synagogues in Gibraltar, a British overseas territory of the United Kingdom. The congregations of all four synagogues in Gibraltar, worship in the Orthodox Jewish tradition. List