Education

In February 1946, the international relief organization UNRRA opened its own university in the Deutsches Museum. The university was open to all DPs. At its peak, up to 2,000 students from 30 nations were enrolled, most of them Ukrainians. Lectures were held mainly in English. About 150 professors taught subjects such as mechanical engineering, architecture, mathematics, economics and several natural science courses. The university only existed for one year until May 1947, as UNRRA then discontinued its work.

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From its foundation in 1926 until its forced closure in 1938, the Jüdisches Lehrhaus Stuttgart existed for 12 years. The aim of the Lehrhaus was to counteract the loss of Jewish identity with a new form of adult education. By reflecting on the Jewish religion and culture, a new community was to be created. The Jüdische Lehrhaus has remained known above all as an educational institution which, under the leadership of the religious philosopher Martin Buber, sought to establish a dialog between Jews and Christians.

The “Private Waldschule Kaliski” was founded in 1932 by the Jewish teacher Lotte Kaliski, after she came to Berlin a year earlier and found no employment, partly because of her physical disability. The school was first opened in Eichkamp. Until 1934, Jewish and non-Jewish children were taught there under reformist educational approaches. From Easter 1934, all non-Jewish children and teachers had to leave the school. In 1936 the school was relocated to Dahlem, Im Dol 2-6, to a villa whose residents had previously emigrated from Germany to Austria.

At the end of the 18th century, Jewish reformers began to criticize the low level of schooling and the lack of teaching methods in Jewish education, which mostly took place in the private homes of the prayer leaders and shepherds. In order to raise the educational level of the Jewish population, new educational models developed in the  transition from the 18th and 19th centuries, which led to the establishment of Jewish elementary schools and the expansion of the canon of subjects, including in Walldorf.

 The Förderkreis Görlitzer Synagoge e.V. was founded in 2004. The association is committed to a use of the building that respects its original purpose. Its goal is the establishment of a "Cultural Forum Görlitz Synagogue"

ELES is the gifted support organization of the Jewish community, was founded in 2009 and is one of the thirteen gifted support organizations supported by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research. With its targeted support for gifted young students and doctoral candidates, the Studienwerk makes an important contribution to the formation of a new Jewish intellectuality in Germany and Europe. ELES stands for a tradition-conscious, pluralistic, cosmopolitan and self-confident Judaism and supports Jews of all denominations.

The Israelitische Taubstummen-Anstalt was located in Berlin-Weißensee at Parkstraße 22 and was run by Markus Reich, and later by his son Felix Reich.
Markus Reich had founded a deaf-mute institution in Fürstenwalde in 1873 with four students. In 1884, together with his supporters, he established the "Friends of the Deaf and Dumb - Jedide Ilmin" association. In 1889, the association acquired and built the property at Parkstraße 22. After Markus Reich's death in 1911, his son Felix took over the management of the deaf-mute institution.