Jewish School (Weimar)

There was no religious school in Weimar. For the first time, and only temporarily, a rabbi was employed in 1839/40 to teach the children the Jewish faith: Dr. Avraham Hirsh Levisohn, tutor to the Elkan family. It was not until the turn of the century that there were renewed activities to establish regular Jewish religious education. The Israelite Religious Association, founded in 1903, was dedicated to this purpose. From 1909 to 1913 there was a religious school with 10 children, later still small group instruction. Teachers employed by the Religious Association were: Benno Wahrenberg, Alexander Heilbrunn, Dr. Josef Wiesen. The teachers came to Weimar from other cities to teach. Classes were held in the school on Herderplatz and in the 2nd Bürgerschule (today's Carl-August-Allee).