Bais Yaakov is a genericized name for full-time Haredi Jewish elementary and secondary schools for girls throughout the world.
Bais Yaakov students praying at the Western Wall.
The second graduating class of the Bais Ya'akov in Lodz, Poland, in 1934.
Beit Yaakov teachers' Seminary, Kraków, Poland.
Beis Rochel Satmar, Brooklyn
Haredi Judaism consists of groups within Orthodox Judaism that are characterized by their strict interpretation of religious sources and their accepted halakha and traditions, in opposition to more accommodating or modern values and practices. Its members are usually referred to as ultra-Orthodox in English; however, the term "ultra-Orthodox" is considered pejorative by many of its adherents, who prefer terms like strictly Orthodox or Haredi. Haredi Jews regard themselves as the most religiously authentic group of Jews, although other movements of Judaism disagree.
Haredi Jewish men during a Torah reading
Young Haredi Jews in Jerusalem, 2005
Hasidic boys in Łódź, 1910
Haredi Jews from Galicia at the Karmelitermarkt [de] in Vienna's second district, Leopoldstadt, 1915