Hungarian Jews are turning to Jewish schools as a means of continuing Jewish culture, educational circles here reveal, pointing out that this year there are more children enrolled in Jewish educational institutions in Budapest than there were in 1938, at the onset of the anti-Jewish persecutions in Hungary, despite a 70 percent decrease in the Jewish population of the city. There are 2,181 children enrolled in Jewish schools as compared to 1,961 during the 1938-1939 school year.
The new curriculum in the Jewish religious schools is based on teaching of the Hebrew language as a living tongue, on the Bible and Hebrew culture. In addition Hebrew literature and history will figure prominently in the curriculum.
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