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.
A women’s conference for Bais Yaakov was held on the topics of taking care of Jewish girls and the educational failure of girls. Haredi education’s advantages were discussed. Funds were raised in the form of donated jewlery ...
A Memorial Gathering at the Holtzman Theater: Detailed description of the memorial gathering held for the first anniversary of Schenirer's death, with 600 in attendance and a choir in addition to many speeches ...
News from the Haredi Bais Yaakov Organization: The article describes an organizational meeting of Bais Yaakov in Palestine. Among the resolutions are not only the project of starting Bais Yaakov schools throughout the land, but also publishing a newspaper and moving Sarah Schenirer's body to the Land of Israel ...
