About Ephraim Cohen-Reiss
Lived 1863 – 1943 (aged 79–80). Ephraim Cohen-Reiss was a pedagogue.
Ephraim Cohen-Reiss (1863 in Jerusalem – 1943 in France) was one of the pioneers of the education system in Mandatory Palestine. At the turn of the 20th century, he established the first Hebrew school system in Palestine and the Levant.
Biography Ephraim Cohen-Reiss was born in Jerusalem. When he was 15, he was sent to school in Europe. From 1878–1887 he studied in the German Empire (Bildungs-Anstalt für jüdische Lehrer, Hanover) and England. When he returned to Palestine, he was commissioned to restructure the school system. Cohen-Reiss' vision was to create a more advanced curriculum with science and arts all taught in Hebrew. Cohen-Reiss worked with his friend Eliezer Ben Yehuda, the founder of modern Hebrew, to incorporate new Hebrew words into the system.
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Ephraim Cohen-Reiss was born in 1863 in Jerusalem.
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