Sarah Schenirer

Sarah Schenirer
Sarah Schenirer
Sarah Schenirer
Born(1883-07-15)July 15, 1883
Kraków, Poland
DiedMarch 1, 1935(1935-03-01) (aged 51)
Kraków, Poland
Resting placeKraków
Occupation(s)Founder and director of Bais Yaakov movement
Known forFounder of Bais Yaakov school network in Poland

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.

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]

  1. ^ The State Archive of Kraków: "Jewish Civil Registry of Kraków", Town: Kraków, Date (Julian Calendar): 3 July (15 July on the Gregorian Calendar), 1883, Akta (record) #: 403, Record Type: birth, Surname: Schenirer, Given Name: Sara, Father: Zalel, Mother: Roza Lack (daughter of Abraham and Chaja)
  2. ^ "Sarah Schenirer | Jewish Women's Archive". jwa.org. Retrieved 2016-12-11.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference SarahSchenirer.OUJact2020 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).