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Catholic Nun in Cleveland Wins Degree for Study on Hebrew School

April 30, 1965
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A Catholic nun has made an intensive study of a Cleveland Hebrew Day School for a master’s degree in education from St. John College of Cleveland, it was reported here today. Sister Mary Michella Plerik declared, in the introduction to her thesis on “American Jewish Education and Its Application to a Cleveland Hebrew Day School,” that she hoped the Christian reader would find in her study an aid to better understanding of the Jews.

The 151-page study deals with the objectives and program of the Hebrew Academy of Cleveland, with special reference to the Hebrew day school movement, Sister Mary Michella studied the history problems and views of the Cleveland Jewish community. She spent many hours in the library of the Cleveland Bureau of Jewish Education and interviewed officials of the Bureau and of the day school.

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