Talmud Torah School (Religious School)

The Christian-Jewish simultaneous school in Grünstadt existed since 1870. Previously, there was a Jewish denominational school until 1869. Classes were taught jointly by a Jewish and Christian teacher. In 1875 however, when the vacancy for a Jewish teacher was to be filled, difficulties arose with the Bavarian school authorities, which the Grünstadt city council successfully resisted. The position was re-advertised and finally filled by Benjamin Freudenthal who was to teach at the school for 35 years thereafter. The school was in operation until 1910.

To take care of religious duties of the community was employed a teacher who also served as a prayer leader and shochet (one of the teachers was Emanuel Loew). The last Jewish teacher of the community was from 1918 to 1938 David Martin.

To take care of religious duties of the community, a teacher was employed from time to time, who also acted as a prayer leader and shochet. The children were taught Hebrew and religion. In the 19th century they were integrated into the general school system.

The religious school was called Israelitische Volksschule from 1873. In 1881, it had 18 pupils, including two Christian children. 

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.

To take care of religious duties of the community was employed a teacher, who was also active as a prayer leader and shochet. In 1864, a private Jewish house was converted into a schoolhouse with a teacher's apartment. At the Lehrerseminar in Hildburghausen since the 1st half of the 19th century over several decades Jewish teachers were also trained.

 To take care of religious duties of the community was employed teacher who also served as a prayer leader and shochet.

To take care of religious tasks of the community was in the time of the 19th / 20th century no own teacher employed. Rather, an external teacher came regularly to the community. The Jewish community, which called itself "Jüdische Religionsvereinigung e.V." (Jewish Religious Association), belonged to the State Rabbinate of Saxony-Weimer-Eisenach with headquarters in Eisenach.  To teach the then five Jewish children came around 1924 teacher Jungmann from Gotha weekly in the community.

The school was under the direction of the local Zionist group.

The synagogue was consecrated in 1885. 

In the synagogue building, Räume were also created for meetings as well as for the religious education of children.