hours, as all pupils attended the city schools for secular education. There were several other Talmud Torahs in New York; and similar institutions existed in all cities of the United States and Canada with a large Jewish population. Girls in the United States at this time were often educated at public schools together with boys, and they received their Jewish education through programs at synagogues and Sunday schools, because Jewish day schools were less common. As a result, the "New World" Talmud Torah of the first half of the 20th century was co-ed. Reference See also Cheder Further reading Judah Löb, 'Omer mi-Yehudah, Brünn, 1790; Aleksander Zederbaum, Die Geheimnisse von Berditchev, pp. 38-44, Warsaw, 1870 (a sketch); Mordekhai David Brandstetter, essay in Ha-Eshkol, v. 70-84. External links Jewish Encyclopedia: Talmud Torah Jewish education Talmud Torah Jewish schools Orthodox yeshivas