1st edition. Original printed publisher’s boards, 8vo, 293 pages.Part of the series, “Europaisch-Judische Studien Beitrage.” “In this study of German-Jewish educational history, the impact of the Hascharath Zwi School in Halberstadt, the only private Jewish elementary school in the former province of Saxony, is reconstructed. The groundbreaking school concept of its founder Hirsch Isaac Borchert consisted in imparting religious and secular education and reflects the striving for education and social advancement in the age of emancipation and acculturation. Both intra-Jewish and locally specific developments as well as the state measures in the Jewish education system introduced in the 19th century were taken into account. The study also clarifies the cooperative relationship between the state school authorities and private educational institutions and shows the special commitment and determination of the actors to bring religious traditions into line with modernization efforts in the Jewish school and educational system” (Translated from the publisher’s abstract). New Condition. (AC-7-36)