grown constantly. Through the efforts of the Hebrew Culture Council, which was organized in the Fall of 1931, a campaign was started to make the students in Jefferson and Lincoln Hebrew conscious and as an answer to their efforts the registration rose considerably the very next term.
The club at Lincoln High hasn’t such an imposing membership as Seward Park or James Madison High Schools. There are but forty-five boys and girls in this unit. Nevertheless, the work accomplished and the programs carried out are ambitious and on a par with the larger groups in the many high schools throughout the city that boast of Hebrew Clubs.
At the weekly meetings of the group reports on Jewish books, life in Palestine, discussion of current events, and the status of Jews the world over comprise a chief part of the program. Dramatic plays, revealing Jewish life in its many aspects are offered the students with the cooperation of the Jewish Education Committee. The aim of the club, like that of the others in city institutions, is to interest students in Hebrew culture, ancient and modern, and in the many phases of Hebraic life.
Isaac of Norwich was one of the Jews imprisoned by King John in 1210.
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