In 1884 one of the most successful factory owners in Lithuania, Chaim Frenkel, financed the construction of a new Jewish school building in Ukmergė. This building was dedicated precisely for the underprivileged children from local Jewish community, whose families could not afford their education. Thus, the primary Talmud-Torah school was moved here, and it was mainly attended by the orphans or boys from extremely poor families. At the end of 19th century about 300 children were enrolled in this school. The building had three classrooms and the kitchen, where the meals were prepared and served daily. The school also organized the distribution of the donated clothes and shoes to their students, who could not afford it otherwise. This particular school taught not only traditional Jewish religious subjects, it involved secular subjects such as mathematics or Russian language as well.

This modern approach reflected the changes in Jewish education during the 19th century. The school was maintained from the donations of the local Jewish community, and during the interwar period – from the Lithuanian state budget as well. During the Second World War the school was closed and after Holocaust, already in Soviet era, a completely different type of public school was established in the same building.

Adresas: Vasario 16-osios g. 11, Ukmergė