Bais Yaakov movement

GPTKB entity

Statements (69)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Jewish educational movement
gptkbp:affiliatedWith Orthodox Judaism
gptkbp:curriculumIncludes gptkb:Judaism
Jewish history
Torah study
secular studies
gptkbp:focusesOn Jewish girls' education
gptkbp:foundedBy gptkb:Sarah_Schenirer
gptkbp:foundedIn gptkb:Kraków
1917
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Bais Yaakov movement
gptkbp:languageOfInstruction gptkb:Hebrew
gptkb:Yiddish
English
gptkbp:namedAfter Yaakov Avinu (Biblical Jacob)
gptkbp:notableAlumni gptkb:Rebbetzin_Tziporah_Heller
Rebbetzin Esther Jungreis
Rebbetzin Faigie Twerski
gptkbp:notableLeader gptkb:Rabbi_Eliezer_Yehuda_Finkel
gptkb:Rabbi_Yitzchok_Dovid_Groner
gptkb:Rabbi_Aharon_Feldman
gptkb:Rabbi_Aharon_Kotler
gptkb:Rabbi_Chaim_Ozer_Grodzinski
gptkb:Rabbi_Moshe_Feinstein
gptkb:Rabbi_Shmuel_Kamenetsky
gptkb:Rabbi_Shmuel_Wosner
gptkb:Rabbi_Yaakov_Perlow
gptkb:Rabbi_Yisroel_Belsky
gptkb:Rabbi_Yitzchok_Zilberstein
gptkb:Rabbi_Yosef_Shalom_Elyashiv
gptkb:Rabbi_Shlomo_Wolbe
gptkb:Rabbi_Yitzchok_Yaakov_Weiss
gptkb:Rabbi_Meir_Shapiro
gptkb:Rabbi_Yaakov_Kamenetsky
gptkb:Rabbi_Yisroel_Reisman
gptkb:Rabbi_Yitzchok_Hutner
gptkb:Rabbi_Avraham_Mordechai_Alter
gptkb:Rabbi_Moshe_Sherer
gptkb:Rabbi_Yisroel_Yaakov_Fisher
gptkb:Rabbi_Yitzchok_Dovid_Grossman
gptkb:Rabbi_Yitzchok_Scheiner
gptkb:Rabbi_Yitzchok_Tuvia_Weiss
gptkb:Rabbi_Avrohom_Pam
gptkb:Rabbi_Gedalia_Schorr
gptkb:Rabbi_Yitzchok_Ezrachi
gptkb:Rabbi_Yitzchok_Yosef
Rabbi Yisrael Meir Kagan (Chofetz Chaim)
Rabbi Yitzchok Berkovits
Rabbi Yitzchok Zilberman
Rabbi Yitzchok Zirkind
gptkbp:notablePublication gptkb:Bais_Yaakov_Journal
gptkbp:operates seminaries
high schools
elementary schools
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:Agudath_Israel
gptkbp:purpose provide formal Jewish education for girls
promote religious observance among Jewish women
gptkbp:significantEvent First Bais Yaakov Teachers' Seminary opened in 1923
Movement expanded rapidly in interwar Poland
Movement rebuilt after Holocaust
gptkbp:spreadTo gptkb:Australia
gptkb:Canada
gptkb:Europe
gptkb:Israel
gptkb:South_Africa
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Bais_Yaakov_of_Baltimore
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6