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school in Jerusalem. The Takhkemoni school in Jaffa
(opened 1909) represents orthodox Judaism. There is
a certain amount of duplication of Jewish schools, caused by
the division between the conservative and the liberal sides of
Judaism.
The provision of industrial and agricultural training is
a valuable feature of recent Jewish enterprise in Palestine.
An agricultural school at Jaffa (Miqweh Israel), conducted
by the Alliance Israelite universelle, was founded in 1870.
The technical institute at Haifa, which was on the point of
being opened when war broke out in 1914, will take a high
place amongst the educational institutions of Syria. The
use of Hebrew as the language of instruction in Jewish schools
has been tried and is making good progress. Before the war
the way for the establishment of a Hebrew University in
Jerusalem had been well prepared.
In the face of all this activity of foreign agencies, the
native Churches and the representatives of Islam have judged
it needful to provide, themselves, education of all grades for
the members of their communions. Possibly those Churches
that are in communion with the Church of Rome, being
helped by the religious orders, have succeeded best. The
Greek Catholic College at Beirut (founded in 1866) is said
to stand in the first rank of the purely Syrian institutions.
The Greek Catholics also provide higher education at Damas
cus. Aleppo, and Zahleh. The Maronites have a tradition of
learning independent of modern movements, although
fostered by long association with the Church of Rome.
Possibly their schools in the beginning of the nineteenth
century were the best then existing in Syria. Their principal
college is now in Beirut and was founded in 1875. The
numerous schools of the Greek Orthodox Church are supported
by funds which come from Russia. The leading Moslem
colleges are two, both in Beirut and both established by
private enterprise. One is known as the Ddr el-Funun.
It was founded in 1880 by an Indian scholar, Mohammed
‘Abd el-Jabbar Kheiri, and represents to some extent English