<i>Pupils' Workbook for The First Lesson</i> in Hebrew by Rebekah J. Kohn, 1954
date: label: date made
content: 1954
notes: label: Description
content: Many resisted assimilation efforts made by public education by sending their children to private schools to maintain their religious beliefs, cultural heritage, and language. Jewish day schools and more formal yeshivas provided faith-based lessons, Judaic rituals, and Hebrew language instruction for students in the Jewish community.
label: Description
content: Rebekah J. Kohn’s <i>Pupils Workbook for The First Lesson</i>, written in Hebrew, contained illustrations, important lessons about the Jewish religion, and history. Information was presented in a format that preserved language and cultural traditions for daily usage. The workbook was published in 1954 by the United Synagogue Commission on Jewish Education. It was used by students at Prozdor High School at Hebrew College, outside Boston, Massachusetts.
place: label: used
content: United States: Massachusetts, Newton
topic: label: used
content: Education
label: referenced
content: Judaism
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content: Home and Community Life: Education
label: Exhibition
content: Many Voices, One Nation
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Rae and Joseph Gann Library at Hebrew College
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2016.0255.01
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content: 2016.0255
label: catalog number
content: 2016.0255.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Workbook
label: Object Name
content: workbook
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
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content: ink (text material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 25.5 cm x 19 cm x 11/16 in; 10 1/32 in x 7 15/32 in x 1.778 cm