Preserving and amplifying knowledge about this multifaceted movement and its dynamic founder, we will:
In the interwar period, American Jewry mobilized to support Jewish life and culture in Eastern Europe. The majority of the funding was collected and distributed by the Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), founded in 1914. The JDC kept scrupulous records of their work, and their archive includes requests for funds, reports, and photographs.
Devorah Epelgrad Cohn was a Bais Yaakov student who studied directly under Sarah Schenirer and documented her life in Bais Yaakov and afterward. She taught at three Bais Yaakov schools in Poland before escaping from Vilna in 1941. She continued her work in Jewish education in Boston, always remembering her time in Bais Yaakov and sharing her memories with family and students.
An excerpt from the novel “Well-Educated Girls”, (Hebrew: Ne’arot Le-Mofet, 2012).
The Bais Yaakov Project is not affiliated with any Bais Yaakov school or educational organization.
