Photos

Photos

Although many more photos were almost certainly lost to us during the Holocaust, we do still have a rich collection of pictorial documentation of Bais Yaakov. The photos on these pages give us a glimpse into life as a Bais Yaakov student or teacher in interwar Europe, Mandatory Palestine, Israel, North America, and even Shanghai.

Photos reproduced here with generous permission from institutional and family archives listed on the Credits page. Please do not re-use photos without permission from respective archives.

Esther Lebowitz, murder scene

Esther Lebowitz, murder scene

8x10 black and white photograph taken by Jerry Esterson of the murder site of a Bais Yaakov School for Girls ...
Grade 5 1999 Bais Yaakov of Boro Park

Grade 5 1999 Bais Yaakov of Boro Park

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Bais Yaakov of Williamsburg, Vien Girls' School

Bais Yaakov of Williamsburg, Vien Girls’ School

Pending better photo. Picture of the only remaining Bais Yaakov in Williamsburg, the Vien Girls' School, which the local community ...
Bais Yaakov of Williamsburg, South 9th Street Building

Bais Yaakov of Williamsburg, South 9th Street Building

Here, in the tenement of South 9th Street, the Bais Yaakov was born. These humble beginnings echo the story of ...
Bais Yaakov of Williamsburg, South 8th Street Building

Bais Yaakov of Williamsburg, South 8th Street Building

This building was erected in 1890 for the Long Island Business College; an institution “devoted solely to the work of ...
Bais Yaakov of Bergen-Belsen

Bais Yaakov of Bergen-Belsen

Teenagers from the Bais Yaakov school in the Displaced Persons camp of Bergen Belsen wave a flag during a Zionist ...
Bais Yaakov of Bergen-Belsen

Bais Yaakov of Bergen-Belsen

Teenagers from the Bais Yaakov religious school line up for a Zionist demonstration at the Bergen-Belsen Displaced Persons camp ...