Sarah Schenirer and the Bais Yaakov Movement pot Franya was the leading light

Franya was the leading light of Vilna’s Yiddish theater

and its role in the reconstruction of Orthodoxy in subsequent decades

to tell this dramatic true story

surreal balance—some days were filled with friendship and soccer matches

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Sarah Schenirer and the Bais Yaakov Movement pot Franya was the leading lightSarah Schenirer is one of the unsung heroes of twentieth century Orthodox Judaism. The Bais Yaakov schools she founded in interwar Poland had an unparalleled impact on a traditional Jewish society threatened by assimilation and modernity, educating a generation of girls to take an active part in their community. The movement grew at an astonishing pace, expanding to include high schools, teacher seminaries, summer programmes, vocational schools, and