Members of the London County Council joined leaders of the British Jewish community here at the opening of the new Jewish secondary school established to succeed the famed Jews Free School which was destroyed in the London blitz after more than 200 years of operation.
The new school, which will carry the name of the Jews Free School, is located in the Camden Town district. Although it is registered as a “voluntary institution,” its Board of Guardians has 12 Jewish members, representing the Jewish community, and six members nominated by the London County Council. The Council underwrites the cost of the standard education given the school’s students, as in all other schools, and the Jewish community covers the cost of the education in Jewish religious subjects.
The London County Council provided funds for construction of a school equal in capacity to that destroyed by enemy action. The Jewish community had to provide 100, 000 pound ($280, 000) to enlarge the school to accommodate 1, 000 children.
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