Rebecca Gratz

Gratz’s sampler includes a vibrant composition of musical instruments, dancers, animals, and everyday objects.  

National Museum of American Jewish History

Gratz’s Hebrew Sunday School trained Jewish women for religious teaching positions, one of the only schools of its kind in Philadelphia. It soon became a model for similar schools in cities across the nation.

Courtesy The Rosenbach, Philadelphia, 2010.0027.001

Gratz’s Hebrew Sunday School trained Jewish women for religious teaching positions, one of the only schools of its kind in Philadelphia. It soon became a model for similar schools in cities across the nation. 

Courtesy of The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives, Cincinnati, Ohio at americanjewisharchives.org.