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Adolph Hubbard papers

1918-1972

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Adolph Hubbard was a Boston area lawyer and co-founder of the Zionist Organization of America. In 1918, he was appointed as Administrator of the American Zionist Medical Unit by Louis D. Brandeis, and traveled to Palestine to aid in the provision of medical services and establish the American Jewish Hospital. From the 1930s to 1950s, Hubbard was an active and leading member of Zionist organizations. Following his death in 1971, $10,000 was given in his name to establish a Nahala through the Jewish National Fund. The tract of land is located in the Judean Hills, and is leased to Jewish settlers of Mevo Beitar for cultivation.

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Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at New England Historic Genealogical Society

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Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at New England Historic Genealogical Society

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Hubbard, Adolph, 1884-1971

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Adolph Hubbard was born in Kutno, Poland on December 24, 1884 to Nathan and Rose Hubbard. The family came to the United States in 1888 and settled in Boston. Adolph attended Boston English High School and Bowdoin College. Around 1910, he lived in Shinglehouse, Pennsylvania where he worked as a superintendent at a bottle factory. He was also an associative editor of a weekly Boston publication alongside prominent Zionist leader Jacob de Haas. In 1912, Adolph Hubbard was admitted to t...

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Brandeis, Louis Dembitz, 1856-1941

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American Zionist Medical Unit

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De Haas, Jacob, 1872-1937

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Wise, Stephen Samuel, 1874-1949

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Jewish Theological Seminary of America

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Herzl, Theodor, 1860-1904

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Szold, Henrietta, 1680-1945

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