Jewish National Institute

• 1916 - The Jewish National Movement Committee took a major initiative in May 1916 when it decided to rent the former building of the Hutchesons' Girls Grammar School which had moved to larger premises nearby in Kingarth Street. The former school building in Elgin Street, at the southern edge of the Gorbals, had been considered by other Jewish organisations such as the Talmud Torah but it seemed at the time to be outwith their financial ability. The building, renamed the Jewish National Institute and rented for the annual sum of £170, contained a full range of classrooms and meeting rooms as well as a hall and library facilities. It was therefore ideal for use by the Zionist organisations and gave them the opportunity of setting up their own literary section and Bet Sepher, or Hebrew language school.
• 1922 - In 1922 the Talmud Torah amalgamated with Nathan Morris’ Hebrew School. Morris became headmaster of the new institution. During the following year the school moved to the former Hutcheson Grammar School in Elgin Street (later Turriff Street) which had been purchased for £4,000. The same building also briefly housed the Jewish National Institute and a newly established Hebrew College for further education and teacher training.