parochial school

[Victor Steinbok]

My conversation took place exactly 2 years ago.

     VS-)

On 4/6/2011 7:32 PM, Laurence Horn wrote:
>
> At 5:36 PM -0400 4/6/11, Victor Steinbok wrote:
>> Friend: "My son now goes to Hebrew school"
>> Me: "Oh? I didn't know they had one in Milwaukee or nearby."
>> F: "No, no. He goes on Tuesdays at the temple for bar-mitzvah lessons."
>>
> This was standard usage on Long Island when I was attending "Hebrew
> school" of exactly this sort at my local Reform synagogue for
> exactly this reason in...let's see...1957-58.
>
> LH
>

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