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In this clip, Pricilla Schwartz describes her Jewish education as a child
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I agree.In this clip, Pricilla Schwartz describes her Jewish education as a child
How would you describe your Jewish upbringing? [My father] believed in Jewish education for girls as well as boys. So my sister, who was seventeen years older than me, went to Hebrew school. In those days there was nothing for girls. She was pissed because boys had bar mitzvahs; she had nothing. But he made sure we all got educated. When I came along he insisted that I start Hebrew school when I was five. The teacher didn't even want to take me. "How can she learn Hebrew when she can barely read and write English?" But I started Hebrew school when I was five. I was going with kids two, three years older than me. I graduated at the top of the class and went to Hebrew High for a couple of years.