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Article: EDUCATION: BACK TO BASICS; Hebrew School: Not Just for Shul Anymore
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- Jewish Exponent
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- August 19, 2004
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Schwartzman, Bryan
Jewish Exponent
08-19-2004
For the unaffiliated, Hebrew school used to mean one thing and one thing
only: It was time to join a shul.
But now, a new trend is on the horizon, and it doesn't involve dragging the
kids to open-house barbecues. A number of small, supplementary Hebrew
schools that do not require synagogue membership have cropped up in the
past few years.
That could potentially save parents a wad of cash, since membership costs
for a family of four, combined with Hebrew-school tuition (not to mention a
building fund), can run in the thousands.
And it may also allow parents, with little extra time on their hands these
days -- and often less interest in joining a ...