▁it ▁celebr ates ▁all ▁the ▁Jewish ▁festiv als ▁with ▁cultural ▁trad itions , ▁music ▁and ▁food . ▁ ▁Sho lem ▁Ale ich em ▁College ▁is ▁one ▁of ▁very ▁few ▁sec ular ▁Jewish ▁schools ▁in ▁the ▁world ▁that ▁teach ▁Y idd ish . ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 3 5 , ▁the ▁Melbourne ▁IL ▁Per etz ▁Sunday ▁School , ▁and ▁later ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 7 ▁its ▁sister ▁Sunday ▁school , ▁Sho lem ▁Ale ich em , ▁were ▁established . ▁They ▁taught ▁Y idd ish ▁and ▁Jewish ▁Studies . ▁These ▁Y idd ish ▁schools ▁were ▁inspired ▁by ▁the ▁forward ▁thinking ▁Ts ish o ▁schools ▁of ▁Eastern ▁Europe . ▁ ▁Sho lem ▁Ale ich em ▁( pen - name ) ▁is ▁the ▁names ake ▁of ▁the ▁school . ▁He ▁was ▁born ▁Sh ol om ▁Rab in ow itz ▁in ▁the ▁Ukraine ▁in ▁ 1 8 5 9 . ▁Sho lem ▁Ale ich em ▁was ▁a ▁ren owned ▁Y idd ish ▁writer ▁of ▁stories , ▁nov els ▁and ▁plays , ▁and ▁a ▁hum our ist . ▁He ▁died ▁in ▁New ▁York , ▁USA , ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 6 ▁where ▁it ▁is ▁estimated ▁that ▁ 5 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁attended ▁his ▁fun eral . ▁ ▁Academ ics ▁ ▁Sho lem ▁Ale ich em ▁College ▁is ▁ranked ▁using ▁the ▁N AP L AN ▁system . ▁In ▁January ▁ 2 0 1 6 , ▁the ▁school ▁was ▁the ▁ 8 th ▁ranked ▁Primary ▁School ▁in ▁Victoria ▁and ▁was ▁the ▁highest ▁ranked