Jewish high school Moses Mendelssohn
| Jewish high school Moses Mendelssohn | |
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| type of school | Gymnasium (until 2013 Gymnasium and Realschule ) |
| School number | 01P03 |
| founding | 1778 |
| address |
Grosse Hamburger Strasse 27 |
| place | Berlin center |
| country | Berlin |
| Country | Germany |
| Coordinates | 52 ° 31 '30 " N , 13 ° 23' 58" E |
| carrier | Jewish community in Berlin |
| student | 429 (2016/2017) |
| Teachers | about 50 |
| management | Aaron Eckstaedt |
| Website | www.jgmm.de |
The Jewish high school Moses Mendelssohn (colloquially also referred to as JGMM ), formerly the boys' school of the Jewish community , later the secondary school of the Jewish community , is now a state-recognized private school of the Jewish community in Berlin . As a denominational school, it accepts both Jewish and non-Jewish students. The school building is located on Grosse Hamburger Strasse in Berlin-Mitte . Until the summer of 2012, the school was called the Jewish High School (also known colloquially as JOS ).
history
In the 18th century, the children of the Jewish community received makeshift writing, as well as teaching the Talmud and the Bible . However, Moses Mendelssohn wanted poor children to have lessons and that they could be taught German, mathematics, French, biology and physics in addition to the Bible and Talmud. Mendelssohn and his friends decided to start a school. In 1778 the Jewish free school was founded on the initiative of David Friedländer and Isaak Itzig . After Itzig's death in 1806 Lazarus Bendavid became director. In 1825/1826 the free school was merged with the Talmud Torah schools of the community to form the Jewish community school.
In 1860 a decision was made about the construction at Große Hamburger Straße 27. The construction was approved by a ministerial decree. The Jewish community could only afford to start construction in 1861 with additional funds. In 1862 the new building of the boys' school of the Jewish community was completed and on June 14, 1863 people moved into. In 1906 the company moved to a new building. In 1923 it became a public middle school with 9 classes. After the merger with a girls' middle school in 1931, it comprised almost 500 students, and in 1934 over 1,000 students. Long-time director (1911–1931) was Joseph Gutmann (1865–1941), followed by (1931–1938) Heinemann Stern (1878–1957) and most recently Georg Feige (1877–1944), who died in the Theresienstadt concentration camp .
In 1942 the Reich Security Main Office announced that the building had to be vacated by April 15, as the school building would henceforth be used as a deportation camp for Berlin Jews from 1942 to 1945 . After the Second World War , from 1960 to 1992 the municipal vocational school " Professor Richard Fuchs " was housed in the building. In 1992 the Jewish elementary school moved in and shared the building with the vocational school. At the same time, the renovation and renovation of the house began, so that at the beginning of the 1993/94 school year, 27 pupils attended the seventh grade of the Jewish secondary school. On October 20, 1993, the Jewish High School was re-inaugurated.
deals
The school takes part in the Berlin program for in-depth career orientation (BvBO) and Come on Tour - My Strengths, My Future and offers its students support in career orientation and career choice.
Former students
Max Czollek , poet
literature
- Dirk Külow: Schalom and Alefbet. the history of the Jewish high school in Berlin. Hentrich & Hentrich, Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-95565-030-8 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Moses Mendelssohn Jewish High School. In: berlin.de. Senate Department for Education, Youth and Family, September 19, 2008, accessed on May 22, 2017 .
- ↑ Career orientation (jgmm.de)