The Bais Yaakov Network: A Case Study for a Transnationally Sustainable Community Leadership.

The Bais Yaakov school network represents an unusual phenomenon: a school system with strong transnational tendencies. Founded in 1917 in Poland, it developed rapidly there in the interwar period; in the 1930s, it also struck roots first in Mandate Palestine and then in North America. The Bais Yaako...

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Publicado en:Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies Vol. 41; no. 1; pp. 103 - 144
Autor principal: Yogev, Dikla
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Purdue University Press Spring2023
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        Sustainable communities
        Community leadership
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        Ultra-Orthodox Jews
        Communities
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