page_title: Bais Yaakov
hierarchical_section_title: Bais Yaakov
caption_attribution_description: English: beit yaakov
context_page_description: Bais Yaakov is a genericized name for full-time ultra-Orthodox Jewish elementary and secondary schools for Jewish girls throughout the world.
  Bais Yaakov, started by Sarah Schenirer in post-World War I
  Kraków, was at the time a revolutionary approach to Jewish women's education. It has since achieved mainstream status within Orthodox Judaism, with branches located worldwide in every Jewish community with a significant population.
  While many of these schools carry the Bais Yaakov name, they are not necessarily affiliated, though they may be for other reasons.
context_section_description: Bais Yaakov (Hebrew: בית יעקב‎ also Beis Yaakov, Beit Yaakov or Beth Jacob; lit., House [of] Jacob) is a genericized name for full-time ultra-Orthodox Jewish elementary and secondary schools for Jewish girls throughout the world.
  Bais Yaakov, started by Sarah Schenirer in post-World War I
  Kraków, was at the time a revolutionary approach to Jewish women's education. It has since achieved mainstream status within Orthodox Judaism, with branches located worldwide in every Jewish community with a significant population.
  While many of these schools carry the Bais Yaakov name, they are not necessarily affiliated, though they may be for other reasons.
caption: Beit Yaacov students praying at the Western Wall.
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