Talmud Torah material is related to various “religious” or “Hebrew” schools that existed in Hartford in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The early Talmud Torah’s generally existed independently of any one synagogue. After the middle of the twentieth century, individual synagogues usually sponsored their own Hebrew schools. Today the type of religious education offered in these schools is usually called “Jewish Education.”, undated

M 11 Collection on Jewish Education in Greater Hartford is an articial collection consisting of various donations over the years. The Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford holds a small amount of material related to the education of local Jewish students in the public schools and in institutions of higher learning. The society has greater holdings related specifically to Jewish education as described below. Public school education at the elementary and secondary level is also included here.

The Jewish Education collection consists of material related to the many schools of Jewish education that have existed in Greater Hartford. Most of the material relates to secondary level programs. The collection also contains material related to issues concerning Jewish education both locally and nationally.