THE FOUNDING OF JEWISH PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN MOLDOVA AFTER THE UNION OF THE PRINCIPALITIES

At the middle of the 19th century, there were significant Jewish communities in all the boroughs and towns of Moldova. The largest one, counting around 31,000 Jews, was found in Iaşi. In 1860, the elites of the Jewish community from Iaşi, benefitting from the support of the local and national authorities, founded a Jewish – Romanian school. Having gained the parents’ trust, a new central Jewish school was founded in Iaşi in the following two years, along with a dogmatic school in Târgul Cucului suburb, and two more public schools in Podul Lung and Păcurari suburbs. T