Sarah Schenirer
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Sarah Schenirer (Polish: Sara Szenirer; Yiddish: שרה שנירר; July 15, 1883[1] - March 1, 1935 (yartzeit 26 Adar I 5695) was a Polish-Jewish schoolteacher who became a pioneer of Jewish education for girls.
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Sarah Schenirer | |
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Born | (1883-07-15)July 15, 1883 |
Died | March 1, 1935(1935-03-01) (aged 51) Kraków, Poland |
Resting place | Kraków |
Occupation(s) | Founder and director of Bais Yaakov movement |
Known for | Founder of Bais Yaakov school network in Poland |
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Schenirer is best known for beginning a change in the way women were perceived in Orthodox Judaism.[2] In 1917, she founded an afternoon school in her apartment that was later used as a model by the Agudath Yisrael in its Bais Yaakov (lit., "House of Jacob") school network in Poland, with worldwide lasting effect.[3]