The articles assembled here represent stories about Bais Yaakov in various publications.
The newspapers and journals in which these stories appeared represent the wide range of the interwar press, from serious journalism to lowbrow sensationalism, and spanning from the Orthodox to secular (or anti-religious) segments of Polish Jewish society.
While the Orthodox press ordinarily spoke of Bais Yaakov with enormous enthusiasm and respect, that is less true for the popular daily press, where Bais Yaakov was often taken as an object of curiosity and amusement.
In at least one case, the 1933 Heyntige nayes story of Sarah Schenirer writing a movie script for Bais Yaakov production, the “report” seems to have been either a fabrication or a transparent joke.
For a brief description of each newspaper mentioned, see the JPRESS website. We thank JPRESS for permission to present material from their searchable digitization of the historical Jewish press.
Bais Yaakov Required to Pay Unpaid Summer Wages to Four Teachers: Report on the court order that Bais Yaakov pay the unpaid summer wages of four teachers, as required ...
$20,500 Donated by Bais Yaakov of Bronx to United Jewish Appeals for Israel: The article reports that the Bais Yaakov of the Bronx liquidated its assets after shutting its door (because the neighborhood had changed) and donated the money to Israel through the United Jewish Appeals ...
City, Bais Yaakov Join to Salute Mrs. Pfefferman: The mayor of Los Angeles and the Bais Yaakov school honor the philanthropist Mrs. Piroska Pearl Pfefferman ...
Bais Yaakov Teacher Fired for Attending University: Detailed (and critical) report on the results of a rabbinical court judgment in favor of a strictly observant Bais Yaakov seminary teacher fired for enrolling at Hebrew University ...
