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Over 1,000 pupils at non-Jewish schools take lessons in Jewish history
10 July 2024
The Sir Martin Gilbert Learning Centre鈥檚 new course is showing that Jewish history did not start with the Holocaust
Photo:听Dr Bethany Gaunt from the Sir Martin Gilbert Learning Centre teaching about Jewish history (Credit: The Sir Martin Gilbert Learning Centre)
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The听Sir Martin Gilbert Learning Centre (, Director)听in Hampstead, London, has taken the initiative to teach Jewish history in non-Jewish schools. Since January, they鈥檝e led sessions for over 1,000 children across the UK. These sessions cover topics like the experience of Jewish refugees in Britain during the Nazi period and the story of the Kitchener Camp in Kent, which housed refugees in 1939. The centre provides online resource packs for teachers and students to access independently. Their goal is to overcome obstacles related to time, knowledge, and confidence in teaching Jewish history.听Upcoming topics include Jewish soldiers in World War One and Jewish suffragettes and suffragists.