Education in the Jewish community of Thessaloniki in the beginning of the twentieth century

Abstract

The second rennaissance enjoyed by the Thessaloniki Jewish community
in the beginning of the 20th century, owed much to the renewal of its educational
system, introduced by the establishment of the Alliance Israelite Universelle
Schools in 1873-1874.
This study deals with the internal and external factors that contributed
to this change and the development of the new educational system and its
institutions in Thessaloniki. It also discusses the ideological and economic
impact that the new educational wave exercised upon the society and culture
of this exceptional Jewish community which was to all Jews “The Metropolis
of Israel”.