Sarah Schenirer (also Soroh Shenirer) (July 15, 1883 - March 1, 1935 (yartzeit 26 Adar I 5695)) was a pioneer of Jewish education for girls, and began a change in the way women were perceived in Orthodox Judaism. In 1917, she founded the Bais Yaakov (lit., "House of Jacob") school network in Poland.
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13 July 1883 Krakow, Poland
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Died |
1 March 1935 (aged 51)
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Zodiac | Cancer |
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