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The Providence Hebrew Day School
Harris Miller and Archie Smith were the founders of the The Providence Hebrew Day School in Rode Island. The dean of the school now is Rabbi Peretz Scheinerman and the president Dr.Steven Schechter. It was started after the Lubavitch Yeshiva was created in 1943 in the basement of the B’nei Zion Shul on Orms Street. The Lubavitch Yeshiva on Orms street was tuition free. It lasted about two years since the community wasn't very religious. My dad's family was one of the only religious family's living there. After that the Providence Hebrew Day School was invented. The Providence Hebrew Day School was a torah and tradition school which suited every Jews need. It started out in a building on 151 Waterman Street in 1945 which was donated by Harris Miller. The school had six grades until 1959 when they opened up a seventh grade. Now it goes through Pk-12. The Providence Jewish Day School is the oldest day school in Providence. In 1956 the Waterman avenue building was demolished for construction for Providence Restoration. The school was then forced to find a new place. Rabbi William Braude a very nice man let the school use his temple Beth El facilities for 2 years. Then they would have to find a new place to run Providence Hebrew Day School again. Rabbi Eli Bohnen of Temple Emanuel let them use the facility for a number of years tell the 1960s when the Providence Jewish Day School got a permanent place for their school. The address then as it is now is 450 Elmgrove Avenue Providence, RI 02906. The school now has a large number of students compared to the 40 students there were in 1960. That is the story of my grandfather's school and the way it flourished throughout half a century. Yankee119 (talk) 19:59, 23 January 2011 (UTC) Dovi Miller