Talmud Torah School (Religious School)

The building of the Jewish Orthodox ‘Kowea Itim Le Torah Brotherhood’ at ul. Józefa 42 was built as a place for Torah study. The Torah school was built in 1810 on the site of a house from 1773, and in 1815 it was able to add a prayer room called ‘Orthodox House of Prayer by R. Aharon Klaus’.

In 1912-1913, the building was renovated and rebuilt again according to the design of architect Łazarz Rock.

The cantor's house housed in the 18th century simultaneously the residence for the rabbi, the synagogue and the narrow classroom ("old Juddeschul"). Here was taught exclusively religious education. The Torah was read in the original Hebrew, so this language had to be laboriously practiced. School was compulsory for boys between the ages of 5 and 12. A small synagogue was also established in an annex at that time. Due to reconstruction work, all traces have disappeared here.

The congregation maintained a Jewish school (Israelitische Elementar- und Religionsschule), but in 1890 it moved to the Gemeindehaus in Nürnberger Straße 3.1925 the rabbi and both teachers taught 33 children at the Jewish Community School; religious instruction at the higher public schools was given by Rabbi Dr. Gradenwitz. Since 1937, a two-class Jewish school had also been established there.Already Moritz Daniel Oppenheim learned Hebrew and Jewish prayers in the cheder.

In the house Murgstraße 6, which belonged to the wealthy Daniel Kassel and who was also called "Judenschultheiß" at times, there was a Jewish school, as well as a prayer room for holding services, at least since 1720. At that time the Jewish community was too poor to be able to afford its own synagogue.

Ernst Beer was the last teacher of the Oldenburg Jewish Elementary School, which was closed in 1940. Beer was born on June 26, 1881, in Friedland, Märkisch. He was the son of the elementary school teacher Moritz Beer. Influenced by him, Ernst Beer trained as an elementary school teacher. On September 11, 1906 he married Anna Baruch (born March 13, 1869 in Söhren, died September 08, 1942 in Chełmno) in Bad Segeberg. On July 31, 1907, his son Samuel Beer was born (died April 11, 1972).

In the house Kurstraße 68 was temporarily the religious school of the Jewish community in Brandenburg an der Havel. After construction of the new community center in the Große Münzenstraße (1877), classes were held there again.

The school opened in 1838 and was run as an Israelite elementary school until July 1, 1916, then as a religious school. In 1870, a mikvah was installed in its basement.