Jewish communities throughout California are now being visited by a mobile classroom for Jewish education introduced by the Lubavitcher Hassidic movement in Los Angeles, to promote religious teaching among Jewish school children outside of their public schools but within a reasonable distance from these schools.
The children receive their instruction in a large trailer which has a seating capacity of 35 pupils. The trailer has been rebuilt into a classroom with seats, blackboards and even a small library. During a school day the mobile classroom makes it possible to accommodate 200 children daily. The program has been in operation in the city of Los Angeles for about a year and its success has stimulated the visiting of the “class mobile” during the summer months also in other communities.
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