Sarah Schenirer (also Soroh Shenirer) (1883 - 1935) was a Jewish educator known mostly for establishing the first Jewish Orthodox education system for girls, known as Beis Yaakov ("house/home of Jacob") in Poland in 1918. One of her famous students was Rebbitzen Vichna Kaplan, the founder of the Beis Yaakov schools in America. In 1923 Schenirer set up a teachers' seminary to train staff for her rapidly expanding network of schools. “The Main goal of the Beth Jacob school,” wrote Sara Shenirer, “is to train the Jewish