March 24, 2019
YIVO Institute for Jewish Research

Book Talk & Concert | Co-sponsored by the Center for Jewish History

This book talk and concert explores the emergence of the Bais Yaakov schools in interwar Poland, when it grew from a one-room school in Sarah Schenirer's living quarters to a school system with over 200 schools, 36,000 students, and an international reach. Naomi Seidman, author of 'Sarah Schenirer and Bais Yaakov: A Revolution in the Name of Tradition,' discusses the character of this school as a "total institution"—with summer camps, youth movements, slogans, songs, plays, and more—and as a traditionalist revolution. The book talk includes a concert of Bais Yaakov music drawn from the period, performed by Basya Schechter with her band Pharaoh's Daughter.

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