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20-639: King David School(s) can refer to one or more of the following Jewish day schools : Australia King David School, Melbourne Canada King David School, Vancouver England King David School, Birmingham King David School, Liverpool King David High School, Manchester King David School, Prestwich , a Jewish special needs school where Emma Barnett 's mother worked prior to conviction on money laundering charges related to her husband's brothels South Africa King David Schools, Johannesburg [REDACTED] Topics referred to by

40-562: A Reform or even non-denominational perspective. These latter are usually called pluralist day schools, and many belong to RAVSAK, a network of pluralist day schools. Jewish day schools may be entirely secular. One of the largest day schools in the world is the King David School system in Johannesburg , South Africa that educated thousands of Jewish students, stressing the teaching of Hebrew language and Zionism , since

60-512: A network of Jewish day schools in Johannesburg , South Africa, offering nursery through high school education. There are three campuses across Johannesburg: Linksfield , Victory Park , and Sandton ; "each school has an atmosphere of its own serving the specific community". The schools are under the auspices of the South African Board of Jewish Education . King David aims to deliver "an excellent general education together with

80-526: A primary school, is the most recently established (1982), and feeds into both high schools. Each campus also has its own nursery school . The schools write the Independent Examination Board examinations for Matriculation ; pass rates are very high, and pupils are often amongst the top-ranked, nationwide. The King Davids also achieve in various cultural activities, and, particularly Linksfield, in sporting activities. Each school

100-425: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Jewish day school Not all Jewish day schools are the same. While they may all teach Jewish studies or various parts of Torah and Tanakh , these studies may be taught from various points of view depending on each school's educational policies, the board of directors in charge, and the nature and make-up of both

120-596: Is involved in several outreach and charity programs, focused on the Jewish and broader communities, including (matriculation) support and enrichment programs for Schools in Alexandra and Soweto . Many King David alumni are noted for their achievements, in South Africa and internationally – see Links below. Although only a small minority of the pupils are observant – Johannesburg has several Religious day schools –

140-733: The Desegregation of American schools , also led to increasing numbers of Jewish day schools as parents removed their children from public schools. In 1960, approximately 60,000 children in the United States, 10% of the school age Jewish population, attended Jewish day schools. By 2014, there were 861 Jewish day schools in the United States, with an enrollment of 255,000 children. Chabad day schools made up 9 percent of all US Jewish day schools, but have enrolled only 5 percent of students attending such schools. King David Schools, Johannesburg The King David Schools are

160-621: The Latin alphabet . The first Jewish day school in North America was established in 1731 at the Congregation Shearith Israel . German Jewish immigrants who arrived in the 19th century establish day schools in their own communities, but this movement to establish Jewish day schools had lost momentum by the 1870s. This was caused by the perception among American Jews that not sending your children to public schools

180-741: The New York Metropolitan area. After The Holocaust and the aftermath of World War II , the interest in Jewish day schools increased dramatically. In 1944, Torah Umesorah was founded to expand the number of Jewish day schools, especially beyond those already found in New York City. Day schools were established in great numbers in the United States and in other Western countries such as Canada , England , South Africa , Australia , and in South America . In

200-538: The United States the dislike for, and decline of, the old-fashioned Talmud Torahs and a disenchantment with public schools led to a push for the formation of full-time all-day dual- curriculum schools. The Talmud Torah system of afternoon schools was deemed "failing to transmit Yiddishkeit in a compelling manner to students who arrived tired in the afternoons and were constantly subjected to assimilationist influences in American culture." White flight , caused by

220-461: The majority of students and the teachers are not fully religiously observant. In many Jewish day schools, students are taught to read, speak, and understand the Hebrew language. Usually beginning in grade school, students have intensive Hebrew studies. This is challenging for many students, since Hebrew uses different letters and a different script than English , French , and other languages that use

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240-462: The other hand, Modern Orthodox day schools are often coeducational and stress the secular component of the curriculum, as many parents wish to have their children educated at a high enough level to be admitted to college and university in order to train for a profession. The Solomon Schechter Day Schools in the United States and Canada teach Judaism from the perspective of Conservative Judaism , and there are schools that similarly teach Judaism from

260-489: The regular Jewish Studies classes. The schools are also served by "the DIJE" (Division of Informal Jewish Education), offering programmes which "complement the formal classroom and allow learners to engage with and experience their Judaism". "Encounter", for Grade 11s, is the DIJE's premier educational programme – it aims to "create a domain of conversation in which the participants are able to question, learn about and understand

280-477: The relevance of Judaism in today's modern world." An interesting fact is that the two high schools were headed by identical twin brothers, Elliot and Jeffrey Wolf, from the early 1970s through the 1990s; their involvement with the King Davids has continued since retirement, and they have devoted a combined 75 years to the schools. The King David Schools' Foundation (KDSF) is active in fundraising , with

300-486: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about schools, colleges, or other educational institutions which are associated with the same title. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=King_David_School&oldid=1214718147 " Category : Educational institution disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

320-494: The schools are (nominally) Orthodox . Practically, no school activities take place on Shabbat or on Jewish Holidays , all catering is Kosher , and the school day begins with Shacharit (Morning prayers). Educationally, each school has a Rabbi on staff, Hebrew and/or Jewish Studies are compulsory subjects until Grade 11 (Form IV), and the schools offer a " Beit Midrash stream" – established by Chief Rabbi , Dr. Warren Goldstein – for Grade 10s and 11s who choose this over

340-613: The student body and the professional teaching staff. The majority of Jewish day schools teach classes between Kindergarten and 8th grade . Some day schools may be entirely religious, and indeed most yeshivas ( Orthodox schools that emphasize Talmudic studies) are day schools. However, the traditional yeshivas are different institutions when compared to Modern Orthodox Jewish day schools. While traditional Haredi and Hasidic yeshivas are only for boys, with girls attending Beis Yaakov schools, they do not encourage their students to plan for college education and professional careers. On

360-461: The study of Hebrew , Jewish Studies and the living of the Jewish calendar and year cycle " and to produce "graduates who are menschen , confident and equipped to pursue any opportunity they wish to, who are proud of their Jewish heritage and its traditions, who have a love for learning, and a determination to contribute to their society." The Linksfield campus, in northeastern Johannesburg ,

380-597: Was "un-American". Most American Jewish day schools founded in the late 19th and early 20th century were Orthodox and Ultra Orthodox institutions founded by recent immigrants, modelled after Eastern European cheders , which emphasized religious learning over general studies. During the interwar period of the 1920s and 1930s, a movement began in the United States to create modernized Jewish day schools which were more secular and emphasized general studies alongside Jewish learning, as well as Liberal Jewish schools. Between 1917 and 1939, over 23 Jewish day schools were founded in

400-569: Was established in 1948 as South Africa's first Jewish day school (the high school was founded in 1955); see further under History of the Jews in South Africa . Many of the original buildings of the high school from 1948 still exist on the campus. As a relatively large school, King David Linksfield fields strong teams in several sports. The Victory Park campus (primary school, 1960; high school, 1964) serves northern and northwestern Johannesburg . It has fewer students than Linksfield. The Sandton campus,

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