Henrietta Szold Hadassah and the Zionist dream

Award-winning author Francine Klagsbrun reveals the complex life and work of Henrietta Szold, founder of Hadassah and a Zionist trailblazer Henrietta Szold (1860-1945) is renowned as the founder of Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America, which quickly became one of the most succe...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Klagsbrun, Francine (Author)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: New Haven Yale University Press [2024]
Series:Jewish lives (New Haven, Conn.)
Online Access:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/jj.10329836
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • 1. First Daughter
  • 2. "I Eat, Drink, and Sleep Russians"
  • 3. "Miss Szold" and "Dr. Ginzberg"
  • 4. Travels and Travails
  • 5. Hadassah
  • 6. Palestine: The Great Adventure
  • 7. Living in Two Lands
  • 8. "The Most Worthwhile Undertaking"
  • 9. Saving Children / Seeking Peace
  • Epilogue: "Make My Eyes Look to the Future"
  • Notes
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index