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There is a strong awakening among our people to the
necessity of a better system of instruction than has hitherto been
attainable; as <<60>>each day proves that not enough of religious instruction
is afforded to young Israelites, and that they invariably imbibe
doctrines and views inimical to our faith. Especially is this the case
in the children sent to boarding-schools, where they are removed from
parental control, and left entirely to the teaching of strangers to
Judaism, who but too often employ their opportunities to warp the minds
of their pupils, and to instil in them doctrines entirely hostile to our
hopes and belief; not to mention what is evident of itself, that
religious observance, for the time being, is entirely out of the
question. We have long since wondered that Jewish parents could so far
forget their duty, as to expose their offspring to such dangers, and
then express surprise that they are not imbued with sufficient Jewish
feelings. The whole proceeding appears almost too preposterous to demand
any serious exposition, and still we see the same follies constantly
committed by many a one who has for all this seen the evil effects of
this pernicious proceeding in others. No doubt this was owing to the
idea that as some children could not be well educated at home, they had
to be sent abroad to obtain the proper training, and the religion of
Israel being considered as of secondary importance, was sacrificed to
the outward elegance of the child. Especially has all this been done
with female children, with what practical benefit, let experience
answer.
We are therefore pleased to observe that
Israelitish women have, at length, in various portions of America,
offered to undertake the task of education themselves, and we hope that
they will be duly encouraged to persevere in their laborious enterprise.
And in this connexion we are authorized to state, that a lady,
thoroughly educated in Europe, residing a short distance from
Philadelphia, near one of the main railroads, who has a teacher engaged
to share with her the education of her own children, would be willing to
receive from six to ten girls into her family, to treat them as her own,
and to devote all her energy to their progress. Her. husband is a
physician, and the pupils would thus have the advantage of a parental
system of education, and a due care taken of their health, and could
therefore be more safely confided there by their parents than almost
under any circumstance which one could imagine. The charge would
probably be for board and tuition, including Hebrew and French, two
hundred dollars; and the lady herself would also give instruction in
music, &c. She will begin as soon as six scholars from the tenth year
and upwards are engaged.
For particulars, apply to the Editor of The
Occident, who will, on application, communicate the name and residence
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