Collection on Jewish Education in Greater Hartford
Scope and Contents
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.
Dates
- Creation: 1963 - 2012
Historical Note
Midrasha was established in 1963 as a Conservative supplemental after-school program for high school students. In 1970 it expanded its programs to include students from both Reform and Orthodox congregations as well as young people from unaffiliated families. The program later included eighth graders as well. Midrasha merged with Beit No’ar in 1995 to form Yachad, the Greater Hartford Jewish Community High School. It provides an enrichment after-school Jewish experience to students from all branches of Judaism, along with time-limited studies and concentrates on recreation as well as academics. The Yachad program offered activities in art, music, theater, travel, student government and mitzvah programs. In 2012 it became known as the Jewish Teen Learning Connection (JT Connect).
Hebrew High School of New England (HHNE) was founded in 1996 to provide secondary Jewish Education to students in the Springfield, Massachusetts, Hartford and New Haven regions. Although primarily Modern Orthodox in orientation, HHNE is open to all Jewish students. It offers a coed secular curriculum and single-sex programs for Judaic education. The HHNE moved into the permanent Grinspoon-Konover Building on Bloomfield Avenue in West Hartford, opening on January 3rd, 2011.
Full Extent
3.5 Linear Feet (5 boxes and 2 box of photographs. )
Language of Materials
English
Processing Information
Note: records related to the two day schools, Hebrew Academy (formerly Hartford Yeshiva) and Solomon Schechter are filed separately in their own collections. Small files related to Beit Sefer Tichon are found with the JHSGH subject files.
Former collection title: Education and Jewish Education
Topical
- Arsenal School
- Barnard-Brown Schools
- Beit Midrash
- Central Connecticut State University
- Connecticut College
- Connecticut State Agricultural College
- Frank O. Jones Junior High School
- Hall High School
- Hartford College for Women
- Hartford Hillel
- Hartford Institute for Jewish Studies
- Hartford Seminary
- Hebrew High School of New England
- Hebrew Union College
- Hebrew University
- Jewish Theological Seminary
- Kadima High School / Beit Safer Tichon
- Midrasha
- Miss Porter's School
- Northeast School
- Northwest School
- Talmud Torah
- Trinity College
- Vine Street School
- Weaver High School
- West Middle School
- Yachad (Greater Hartford Community High School)
- Title
- Collection on Jewish Education in Greater Hartford
- Status
- Under Revision
- Author
- Processed by: Margaret Mair Date: 2004 Updated by G. Farr, Archivist, 2012
- Date
- 2004
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford Repository