Jewish Education Month will be observed by Jews throughout the United States this year from September 15 to October 15, and Jewish Education Week for the enrollment of pupils from October 15 to October 23, it was announced by Rabbi Samuel H. Blumenfield of Chicago, president of the National Council for Jewish Education, and Hon. Hark Eisnor of New York, president of the American Association for Jewish Education.
It is planned, during Jewish Education Month to focus the attention of the public in the various communities of the United States on the problems of Jewish Education and its importance for the growing Jewish boy and girl. In conjunction with the Jewish Education Month and Week, an intensive effort will he made to increase the enrollment of pupils in the Jewish Religious Schools.
Jewish Education Month and Week have been observed during the pest several years. They are sponsored by the National Council for Jewish Education, a body of leading Jewish educators, and by the American Association for Jewish Education, a layman’s organisation, in cooperation with other national bodies interested in Jewish education.
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