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Did Bais Yaakov and Sarah Schenirer Revive Tu Be’Av?

August 1, 2020 Naomi Seidman

 קרא בעברית למטה Do a quick Google search on Tu Be’Av, and two sorts of material will appear. The first…

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Ways of Looking at a Class Photo: The Photo as Mystery

May 9, 2020 Naomi Seidman

It might seem that the classroom photo is as simple, transparent, and conventional as a photograph can be. Its arrangement,…

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A Bais Yaakov Haggadah: When Girls Write Like the Talmud

April 4, 2020 DainyBernstein

We take a break from Naomi’s series interpreting class pictures, in part due to the disruption that COVID-19 has caused…

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Ways of Looking at a Class Photo: Nature, Props, Grins

March 7, 2020 Naomi Seidman

In last week’s blog post, I wrote about the conventions of the class photo, with their straight rows and unwritten…

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Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Class Photo

February 29, 2020 Naomi Seidman

Among the sixty-two photos of Bais Yaakov assembled on this site, over half of these are class photos. When we…

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The Secular Jewish Press on Orthodox Women’s Conferences

February 1, 2020 Naomi Seidman

The last few blog posts documented the founding conference of Neshei Agudath Israel, the women’s organizing of the Agudah. 1929…

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On the Occasion of our World-Congress [1929]

January 4, 2020 Naomi Seidman

Over the past few weeks, we’ve blogged about the founding of the Neshei Agudath Israel. We’ve translated coverage of the…

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Der Israelit: From the Women’s Conference (Neshei Coverage Part 2)

December 21, 2019 Naomi Seidman

Last week’s blog post translated Yiddish coverage of the founding of Neshei Agudath Israel in the Bais Yaakov Journal. This…

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The Founding of the World Organization of Orthodox Women

December 14, 2019 Naomi Seidman

At the Second World Congress of Agudath Israel in 1929, Bais Yaakov was represented by various activists, and the Neshei…

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A Letter from Bais Yaakov Teachers in Bergen Belsen

November 30, 2019 Naomi Seidman

Two weeks ago, I wrote about the rare artifacts that survive from the post-war period in Europe. One of the…

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