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'''Sarah Schenirer''' ([[1883]] - [[1938]]) was a [[Jew]]ish educator mostly known by opening the first Jewish [[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox]] school for girls, known as [[Bais Yaakov]] ("house/home of Jacob") in [[Krakow]] in [[1918]]. |
'''Sarah Schenirer''' ([[1883]] - [[1938]]) was a [[Jew]]ish educator mostly known by opening the first Jewish [[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox]] school for girls, known as [[Bais Yaakov]] ("house/home of Jacob") in [[Krakow]] in [[1918]]. |
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She succeeded to overcome initial resistance against the new type of schools and saw rapid development to about 300 schools in pre [[The Holocaust|Holocaust]] [[Europe]]. Her initiative was approved by the leading rabbis of the times, such as |
She succeeded to overcome initial resistance against the new type of schools and saw rapid development to about 300 schools in pre [[The Holocaust|Holocaust]] [[Europe]]. Her initiative was approved by the leading rabbis of the times, such as the [[Ger (Hasidic dynasty)|Gerrer]] Rebbe, Rabbi [[Avraham Mordechai Alter]] and Rabbi [[Yisrael Meir Kagan]] (known as "the Chofetz Chaim"). |
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In her novel ''Peleh Laylah,'' [[Israeli]] author Esther Ettinger, who studied at a Bais Yaakov school as a girl, weaves in passages from Sara Schneirer's writings.<ref>http://www.jofa.org/pdf/JOFA%20Summer%20final%20version.pdf</ref> |
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==See also== |
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==References== |
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==External links== |
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*[http://www.tzemachdovid.org/gedolim/jo/tworld/schenirer.html "Sarah Schenirer: The Mother of Generations", article in "Jewish Observer"] |
*[http://www.tzemachdovid.org/gedolim/jo/tworld/schenirer.html "Sarah Schenirer: The Mother of Generations", article in "Jewish Observer"] |
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Revision as of 12:58, 31 January 2008
Sarah Schenirer (1883 - 1938) was a Jewish educator mostly known by opening the first Jewish Orthodox school for girls, known as Bais Yaakov ("house/home of Jacob") in Krakow in 1918.
She succeeded to overcome initial resistance against the new type of schools and saw rapid development to about 300 schools in pre Holocaust Europe. Her initiative was approved by the leading rabbis of the times, such as the Gerrer Rebbe, Rabbi Avraham Mordechai Alter and Rabbi Yisrael Meir Kagan (known as "the Chofetz Chaim").
In her novel Peleh Laylah, Israeli author Esther Ettinger, who studied at a Bais Yaakov school as a girl, weaves in passages from Sara Schneirer's writings.[1]
See also
- Gender and Judaism
- Haredi Judaism
- History of the Jews in Poland
- Rebbetzin
- Role of women in Judaism
- Tzniut
- Yeshiva
References
External links
- "Sarah Schenirer: The Mother of Generations", article in "Jewish Observer"
- The Contribution of German Chareidim to the New Yishuv article from Yated Ne'eman
- Remembering Soroh Schenirer — Her Seventieth Yahrtzeit article from Yated Ne'eman
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