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The King David Foundation consists of two schools in Liverpool the primary school (K.D.P.S) and the high school (K.D.H.S). They are the only Jewish schools in Liverpool but there are King David Schools in other cities around England.
Jewish and non-Jewish students attend the school, which means that the Jewish students can study their religion regularly and study the history of Judaism. The non-Jewish students can also learn more about the Judaism in their religious studies lesson, during which they study other religions.
The Jewish students attend regular weekly services, which take place at King David High School and participate in Jewish activities for each festival. At Purim, a Jewish Festival, all the students are taken for an early morning service in the nearby Childwall Synagogue. For school they are allowed to go in fancy dress, a custom of Purim. On Jewish Independence Day the school holds a morning service and then an Israeli breakfast is provided. In the primary school, a mock seder (a time when family gather to retell the story of Passover together and then enjoy a meal with several symbolic foods) is held for the students when Passover is approaching.
The students are given days off for the festivals, should they need to attend synagogue. When the days get shorter and the Jewish Sabbath comes in earlier, students are allowed to go home earlier in order to prepare.
The local Jewish youth centre, Harold House is within the schools grounds. During the summer after school and drama clubs are held which put on plays about Judaism and there are summer schemes.
The school takes Jewish students to Israel for 5 months, if they wish to go. This gives the Jewish students a chance to use their Hebrew speaking skills and allows them to learn more about Judaism in Israel, the Jewish homeland.
This full Jewish education means that the students are likely to live by the Jewish religion when they are adults and raise their children according to Judaism, therefore contributing to the ever thriving Jewish community on Liverpool.