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The (conclusion).
When we summarize the flaws and shortcomingsof the
religious instruction was insufficient and deficient, that He-
brew
classes were not a priority, and that Jewish history
was not given any attention
at all. Many teachers lack the moral education,
most of them lack pedagogical
qualification, therefore [there was] a lack of
moral bearing and dignity and
there were methodical mistakes.
neither acromatic nor erotematic, which is applied only
to
teenage students.
Discipline was not based sufficiently on
human dignity,
punishments were not psychological.
Therefore the school's positive results areby no means to be found in the
moral education and in the knowledge of
the students it has produced. To
their
civic improvement the agility and flexibility of mind innate to the
Jews
and the eagerness to pull oneself up by one's bootstraps so natural to the
poor
have contributed immeasurably,
yet the
by clearing the path to their advancement for them
in most
cases.
procure good positions
for his students, and the students
of the
reputation, which it owes to
the personal reputation of
and the good bearing of the students that it
produced.
But now there is a turning point. Over the courseof 25
years, the circumstances of the Jews with regard to citizenship rights may not have
changed much,
but their moral situation has changed a lot. But the
farther they progress, the
more is demanded of them.
You will probably agree with the author that the
School
if it wants to make use of its
twenty-five years of experience and
keep up with the times. What used to be
sufficient in the past is no
longer enough, the
rise should have drawn attention to this. It has lost the
driving
wheel that was at its fullest power years ago after long use,
it needs another,
a
stronger one. Too often we believe that what once worked
will always work,
for evermore, but all effectiveness will be weakened
by repeated use. To unfold
new powers at
the appropriate time is what produces progress, and that
is
what schools and education require most urgently. The Jews
enjoy a rather
good standing in
they knew how to win respect, they have
wrung it
from their enemies, and these enemies, sometimes bitter enemies,
the Jew finds,
like everywhere else, also in
law has done little for them here as well,
tough
restrictions continue to exist, but the
burg
sufficiently, if only
one wants to recognize it, its
maturity for citizenship. Without support from
the state
it takes care of everything itself. But prejudice is not
easy to
defeat, where not even deeds can convince people,
the fight our fathers waged
we
still have to face today, but our weapons are
different ones and with
these weapons we must win, and we are
on the path to victory.
Our ancestors have suffered for their descendants,we must
act for the benefit of ours and therefore
devote the greatest care to
education.
We also live in a time that increasinglycomes into
awareness. Education becomes ever more general,
the trades grow immensely, mere
mechanical work is increasingly
entrusted to
machines,
trade is becoming more global. The Jews
must not lag behind this
progress; good schools, however, are
the necessary precondition for a rapid,
in line with current requirements skill
enhancement.
In recent times there was the intention in Hamburgto found
another Free School; when an excessive number of smaller
schools already
represent a deficit, the
Jewish community in particular should be eager
to
give an existing institute the greatest possible accomplishment
rather
than split one's powers and means. The
may be in comparison to what an educational
institution of the highest
accomplishment must achieve, which is the only
measure I used to
judge it. – One should instead provide it with more generous
funds,
for the
what it must be. Moreover, a
hard-working,
energetic
with my ideas I don't know, but I do know
that he
considered reform and improvement absolutely necessary.
Already he
has roused the
it is not an illusion to expect his work to bear the
most
gratifying fruit – but if obstacles are put in his path,
if he has to
fight for every improvement, and
especially if there is a lack of funds,
then
even the strongest will must be dulled. – The
positive progress
must not be hindered by lack of funds. The
state may not recognize us as its
citizens yet we
will not fail to raise good citizens for it in
an Israelite
brothers to us in its schools?! –
* * *
I have finished. To direct the attention of my
fellowcitizens to a great extent to education and schools
explicitly that we mustn't forget
the girls' schools,
the education of future nursery school
teachers.
There are two schools for poor girls in
Hamburg, I am not
familiar with their circumstances,
but it would be desirable for those to be
discussed
quite soon.
has been my motive for writing this essay,
in consideration of
the importance of the matter that I advocated for
I have
expressed my conviction bluntly, and
I could say a lot more as the subject is
inexhaustible.
If we understood education and paid it the attention
it
deserves before the world's most important and holiest things
– we would have
found the philosopher's stone!