Hebrew College (Brookline, MA)

Hebrew College (Brookline, MA)

Louis Hurwich, then superintendent of the Bureau of Jewish Education of Boston, founded Hebrew Teacher's College in 1921. Hurwich was concerned about Jewish teachers leaving the field of Jewish education for other professions and sought an educational system that promoted Hebrew literacy at all levels. At its inception, the College faculty taught only in Hebrew, a practice that changed in the later half of the 20 th century. The school's first dean, Dr. Nissan Touroff, was the former director of the educational system in Palestine. Dr. Touroff and his faculty taught classes in the Bible, Talmud, and Hebrew Literature.

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