page_title: Bais Yaakov
section_title: Locations
hierarchical_section_title: Bais Yaakov / Current / Locations
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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: Branches exist in most North American cities with large populations of Orthodox Jews, such as New York City, Montreal, Miami, Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, Baltimore, Denver, St. Louis, Toronto, Lakewood, Passaic, Monsey, and in most Israeli cities. Bais Yaakov-type schools are also found in major Jewish centers in Europe, such as London, Manchester, Antwerp, and Moscow, and in other Jewish centers around the world, including Johannesburg.
  Pre-war locations included over 260 towns and cities in Poland, with its central teachers' seminary in Kraków.
caption: Beit Yaakov teachers' Seminary, Kraków, Poland.
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