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Description of  Sarah Schenirer and the Bais Yaakov Movement: A Revolution in the Name of Tradition (The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization)

1906764697 pdf National Jewish Book Awards 2019 Winner of the Barbara Dobkin Award for Womens Studies and Finalist for Education and Jewish Identity. Sarah Schenirer is one of the unsung heroes of twentieth-century Orthodox Judaism. The Bais Yaakov schools she founded in interwar Poland had an unparalleled impact on a traditional Jewish society threatened by assimilation and modernity, educating a generation of girls to take an active part in their community. The movement grew at an astonishing pace, expanding to include high schools, teacher seminaries, summer programmes, vocational schools, and youth movements, in Poland and beyond it continues to flourish throughout the Jewish diaspora. Read more