To repair a broken world : the life of Henrietta Szold, founder of Hadassah /

Dvora Hacohen offers the authoritative biography of Henrietta Szold, the founder of Hadassah. A global humanitarian, Szold promoted refugee assistance, immigrant education in her native Baltimore and poverty alleviation in Palestine, inspiring generations of activists. With a foreword by Supreme Cou...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Hakohen, Devorah (Author)
Other Authors:	Gertel, Shmuel Sermoneta (Translator), Ginsburg, Ruth Bader (writer of foreword.)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Language Notes:	Translated from the Hebrew.
Published:	Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, [2021]
Subjects:	Szold, Henrietta, > 1860-1945. Jewish Agency for Israel. > Youth Aliyah Department. Jewish women > Biography. Zionists > Biography. Zionists > United States > Biography.

Table of Contents:

Beginnings
New horizons
The immigrants are coming
The intellectual world
Transitions
Love and misery
The land of dreams
The depths of misery
The healing of my people
In Palestine
Between two worlds
In the national arena
The mother of Youth Aliyah
War and calamity.