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The Evelina School-Part 1

Evelina was a school for girls that was established by the French Rothschilds

in 1845. The Rothschild family wanted to give girls in Israel the opportunity

to get a good education. Despite the good intentions of the Rothschild family,

studies for the girls were not a high priority. If the girl was needed to help at

home she didn't go to school. In the first years of the school, the level of

learning was low and the school was called a babysitter more than a school.

A Dramatic Change Occurs in the Personality of the School

In the first years, when the school administration was in the hands of the

Rothschild family, classes were taught in French, but in 1899 the

administration changed hands and with it the language of study. In 1899

Hannah Yehudit Landau, who was known as Miss Landau, became the

principal of the school. Miss Landau had a broad education, she had much

experience in education, and she knew many important people in the city. She

was a strong woman, unmarried (quite unusual for the time) and was very

strict with the students because she wanted to provide them with a high-level

European-style education.

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