„NA RATUNEK DZIECIOM” – OCHRONKA PRZY LUBELSKIM ZWIĄZKU KOBIET ŻYDOWSKICH W ŚWIETLE LUBELSKIEJ PRASY JIDYSZ Z OKRESU MIĘDZYWOJENNEGO
“TO SAVE THE CHILDREN”: A NURSERY RUN BY THE LUBLIN BRANCH OF THE ASSOCIATION OF JEWISH WOMEN AS PORTRAYED IN LUBLIN YIDDISH PRESS FROM THE INTERWAR PERIOD

Summary/Abstract: Previous research regarding the culture and history of the Jewish com- munity in Lublin in the interwar period only to a small extent covered issues re- lated to the nurseries for Jewish children. Since little archival documentary mate- rial is available, texts published in Lublin’s Yiddish press in the 1920s and 1930s serve as a valuable source. The article discusses particular aspects regarding the nursery run by the Zionist Association of Jewish Women which had its headquar- ters at 41 Krawiecka Street, in the middle of the Podzamcze Jewish district of Lublin. Analyzing articles written by Bela Dobrzyńska, a local Zionist activist who was also a co-founder of the nursery, as well as other texts, the author discusses issues regarding educational work carried out by this institution. A broader in- terpretative and comparative context for the analysis is provided by press articles regarding the orphanage for Jewish children at 11 Grodzka Street run by the Jewish community, as well as by studies on pedagogical ideas developed in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

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