The Best School in Jerusalem: Annie Landau’s School for Girls, 1900–1960 (HBI Series on Jewish Women)
This thoroughly researched and admirably readable book paints a vivid picture of half-forgotten aspects of life in Jerusalem a century ago. Schor enriches our understanding of the education of Jewish women in Jerusalem during the late Ottoman and British Mandate period, and the way that the Evelina de Rothschild School and especially headmistress Annie Landau shaped the identities of young Jewish girls.
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It is a welcomed contribution to the field of Jewish women's history, the history of education, and Jerusalem's social history. Her use of contemporary letters, collections, reports, reminiscences and newspaper articles adds a feeling of immediacy to shocking events, such as the Arab riots of , that disrupt life in Jerusalem. Harry Potter Boxset Books by J. Rowling Paperback, Pete the Cat I Can Read! The Elf on the Shelf - a Christmas Tradition: Reference Paperback School Yearbooks.
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It is a welcomed contribution to the field of Jewish women s history, the history of education, and Jerusalem s social history. Ela Greenberg, independent scholar and author of Preparing the Mothers of Tomorrow: Islam and Education in Mandate Palestine" Laura Schor provides fascinating insights into the history of education, of women, and of social life in the holy city in the late Ottoman, British Mandatory, and early Israeli periods of rule.
This thoroughly researched and admirably readable book paints a vivid picture of half-forgotten aspects of life in Jerusalem a century ago. Bernard Wasserstein, University of Chicago" "Schor has written a book that, with its copious notes, index and extensive bibliography, will please academics; at the same time, her literate, yet easy and almost intimate style will delight the lay reader.
Her use of contemporary letters, collections, reports, reminiscences and newspaper articles adds a feeling of immediacy to shocking events, such as the Arab riots of , that disrupt life in Jerusalem.