Tag #125742 - Interview #97938 (Moiz Isman)

We had a Talmud Tora [Talmud Torah] at the schools. It was forbidden to give such information at the synagogues. [The law forbids any kind of religious courses given outside school] It was given secretly. There weren’t that many very religious people, and thus the need for a yeshiva [yeshivah] did not arise.  During those the times, all the Jews chose to live together. Our community lived around Kuledibi, Haskoy, and Balat. [Districts on the European side]. Later on living in Sisli and Nisantası became popular. We settled down in those places later on, too.