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Jewish education in Winnipeg. At this time, Gray Academy had three divisions: Shore Early Years School, Simkin Middle School, and Joseph Wolinsky Collegiate. However, in 2004, the three divisions amalgamated to become a single school—the Gray Academy of Jewish Education.
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In 1997, the Winnipeg Board of Jewish Education amalgamated the three schools—Talmud Torah-I.L. Peretz Folk School, Joseph Wolinsky Collegiate, and Ramah Hebrew School—into the new Gray Academy of Jewish Education at the new Asper Jewish Community Campus (built by
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Seven years later, in 1914, the Aberdeen School (later the I. L. Peretz School) was established as a secular Yiddish-language school. Within its first year, 92 students were enrolled, and the school relocated to a building on McKenzie Street. In 1927,
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split off from the school to form the Jewish Folk School on St. Johns Avenue to provide more emphasis on Zionism and Hebrew instruction. In the 1930s, the school on Aberdeen Avenue was expanded, becoming the largest
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on St. Johns Avenue to provide more emphasis on Zionism and Hebrew instruction; however, they rejoined with I. L. Peretz School in 1944 to form the I. L. Peretz Folk School (ILPFS).
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In 1944, the Jewish Folk School rejoined with I. L. Peretz School on Aberdeen Avenue to become the I. L. Peretz Folk School. By the following decade, the school expanded to include
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that peaked in the 1880s. Within its first year, 92 students were enrolled, and the school relocated to a building on McKenzie Street. It was subsequently renamed the
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at the Matheson Avenue location. The school created a Yiddish-language track to accommodate those interested in continuing education in Yiddish.
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Declining enrolment and rising costs during the 1980s led to the closure of ILPFS and its absorption by the Talmud Torah, forming the
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The first formal Jewish education in Manitoba originated in 1902 with the establishment of Winnipeg's first Jewish studies program (
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In 1959, Rabbi Avbraham Kravetz (1914–1962) became the new principal of the Talmud Torah, which saw exponential growth following
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years, many middle-class families began purchasing homes in the new suburban housing developments in the northwest area of
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With continued rise in enrollment, the school moved to Burrows Avenue in 1917, then to Aberdeen Avenue in 1922. In 1927,
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through grade 7. Declining enrolment and rising costs during the 1980s led to its closing and absorption by the
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The Gray Academy was founded in 1997 as a result of the amalgamation of three schools.
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Beginning in two rented classrooms at Aberdeen School under the banner of the
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rapidly became populous enough to justify the building of a second school.
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for grades 8 through 11. Also that year was the opening of the
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Throughout its history, the I.L. Peretz Folk School held
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As the city's Jewish population grew, notably during the
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I. L. Peretz Folk School

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grayacademy.ca
Jewish day school
Winnipeg
Manitoba
K–12
western Canada
trustee
Canadian Accredited Independent Schools
Manitoba Federation of Independent Schools
Talmud Torah
Chief Rabbi
Israel Isaac Kahanovitch
the city's North End
Zionists
World War II
Judaic studies
River Heights
Israel Asper
Tuxedo area
parochial
Winnipeg
Jewish
Winnipeg's North End
anti-semitic pogroms in Russia
Yiddish
Isaac Leib Peretz
Zionists

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