Henrietta Szold

Henrietta Szold (December 21, 1860 – February 13, 1945) was a U.S. Jewish scholar and Zionist leader.

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, the daughter of a rabbi, she studied Talmud, taught school for many years and then worked for the Jewish Publication Society for over two decades. Her commitment to Zionism was heightened by a trip to Palestine in 1909. She founded the Jewish women's organization Hadassah in 1912 and served as its president until 1926. In 1933 working with Hadassah in Palestine, she ran Youth Aliyah which rescued some 22,000 Jewish children from Nazi Europe. Szold lived the rest of her life in Palestine and died in Jerusalem on February 13, 1945.

References

• Gidal, Nachum T. (1997). Henrietta Szold: The Sage of An American Woman. Gefen Publishing House. ISBN 965-229-162-5

External links

• Henrietta Szold Biography at Jewish Virtual Library
• Women of Valor: Henrietta Szold exhibit at Jewish Women's Archive
• Israelbooks.com Gefen Publishing House: Henrietta Szold: The Saga of An American Woman

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