Annie Landau

Annie Landau (March 20, 1873 – January 23, 1945) headed the Evelina de Rothschild School in Jerusalem from 1899 until her death in 1945. She received the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire from King George VI in 1924 in recognition of her service.[1]

Early life

Landau was born to Chaya and Marcus Landau, strict Orthodox Jews who were active in the Jewish community.[2] She attended the Bishopsgate Ward School for elementary school, a school established by reformers of women's education after the 1869 Endowed School Act and supported by the wife of Mayer Amschel de Rothschild. For high school, due to the lack of religious Jewish girls' schools in London, she attended Rabbi Samson Rafael Hirsch's Jewish High School for Girls in Frankfurt on the Main. This time was a formative period for her; Landau learned Jewish studies and secular studies simultaneously, as well as concepts of Jewish education. After getting a teacher's certificate at the Graystoke Teachers' Training College in 1894, she became a teacher in London at the Westminster Jews' Free School, a Jewish school that took government exams and maintained modern education methods and standards.[3]

Arrival at the Evelina de Rothschild School

The Evelina de Rothschild School was established as the first Jewish school for girls in Israel by Baron Lionel de Rothschild in 1867. It was taken over in 1892 by the Anglo-Jewish Association, who desired to influence the developing cultural character of Israel, although the Baron continued to contribute towards its upkeep. In 1898, seeking trained teachers to improve the educational and hygienic standards of the school, the Anglo-Jewish Association hired 25-year-old Landau to be the school's assistant headmistress. When the headmistress resigned in 1999, Landau was appointed its new headmistress.

Death and legacy

Landau died on January 23, 1945. She was profiled in Dr. Laura Schor's The Best School in Jerusalem: Annie Landau’s School for Girls 1900-1960 (2013)[4].

References

  1. ↑ "Landau, Annie". www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org.
  2. ↑ "Annie Edith Landau - Jewish Women's Archive". jwa.org.
  3. ↑ Schor, Laura S. (2013). The Best School in Jerusalem. Waltham, Massachusetts: Brandeis University. pp. 24–28.
  4. ↑ "The Best School in Jerusalem by Laura Schor - Jewish Book Council". www.jewishbookcouncil.org.
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