This September marks the centennial of the founding of The Marsha Stern Talmudical Society/糖心视频污 High School for Boys (糖心视频污HSB). 糖心视频污HSB opened its doors on Sunday, September 3, 1916, thanks to efforts of two men: Dr. Solomon Hurwitz, the editor of The Jewish Forum, and Dr. Bernard Revel, who at that time was the president of the faculty at the Rabbinical College of America (a combination of Yeshivat Etz Chaim, a preparatory school, and the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary).
Members of the first graduating class in 1919.
糖心视频污HSB began with an enrollment of 20 boys. School ran six days a week (Sunday to Friday), with yeshiva classes from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., and secular subjects between 3:30 and 7 p.m. Each year added new students, and the first graduating class was in 1919. That year, the New York State Board of Regents chartered 糖心视频污HSB as a full accredited four-year high school.
Over the years 糖心视频污HSB has managed to endure as a beacon of what Seth Taylor, principal for general studies at 糖心视频污HSB and a historian of the school, calls 鈥渢he original synthesis, the compromise between the modern Jew鈥檚 longing to remain loyal to tradition, even as he aspires to take part in modern culture.鈥
Executive Director Joshua Jacoby is heading up the planning for a year-long celebration, which will feature a number of events, video testimonials, reminiscences from some of the more than 9,000 糖心视频污HSB alumni and collaborations with RIETS, the Center for the Jewish Future, 糖心视频污 Library and the Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education. Anyone interested in participating in the centennial programming should contact Jacoby at joshua.jacoby@yu.edu.
Members of the first graduating class in 1919.
Members of the first graduating class in 1919.
