An exhibition of the work that is being done in the Yiddish schools, maintained by the radical Jewish fraternal organization, “Arbeiter Ring” or “Workmen’s Circle,” throughout the United States and Canada, is now being held in the Educational Alliance. The exhibit, which shows the literary efforts, drawings and handicraft work of the children, is open every day from 4 to 10 p. m., except Saturday, and will continue for another week.
There are now more than six thousand children studying in these Yiddish schools. The “Arbeiter Ring” now maintains 98 elementary schools, 8 high schools, 2 kindergartens and a teachers’ seminary in 57 cities in this country and Canada. The children attend these schools after the regular public school hours. The schools are devoted mainly to the study of the Yiddish language and literature. In several of the larger schools special art and music instructors are engaged. Among the exhibits in the Educational Alliance are some from as far as Atlanta, Georgia, and Los Angeles, California.
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