There had been many efforts to promote chess in schools in Israel. Shaul Hon, the editor of Davar's chess column in the 1940s, had occasionally promoted such efforts. Here is one such example, from Davar's 9 December 1949, p. 17 of the weekend supplement. We than Moshe Roytman for bringing this example to our attention.
A teacher in a Hedera school accepted the parents' requests in a class meeting and agreed to give a chess lesson to all the pupils in the class. For now, the class is one hour a month during school time. It caused much excitement and interest among the pupils.
Not exactly a mass movement, but it's a start!
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