Following the 1929 Palestine riots , Rivkin 's family emigrated to the United States and settled in Borough Park , Brooklyn , where Rivkin ’s father become the dean of Yeshiva Torah Vodaath . His mother was one of the founders of the Shulamith School for Girls in Borough Park , Brooklyn , the first girls ’ yeshiva in the United States . She became a renowned Hebrew textbook author and Jewish educator , championing day school education for Orthodox Jewish girls
1929 Palestine riots
1929 Palestine riots
Sholom Rivkin