Records 1914-1972.

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Records 1914-1972.

Correspondence, including correspondence of Henrietta Szold, programs, brochures and newspaper clippings.

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Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America. Cleveland Chapter

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Hadassah, Cleveland Chapter (f. 1913) is part of a national organization established to promote Jewish institutions in Palestine and to foster Zionist ideals. For a history of the organization, see the register to Ms. 3956 Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America, Cleveland Chapter Records. From the description of Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America : Cleveland Chapter records, series II, 1935-1982 (1938-1982). (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat r...

Szold, Henrietta, 1680-1945

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Henrietta Szold, Zionist leader, was born in Baltimore of Hungarian-Jewish parentage. She taught school at the Misses Adams School in Baltimore, and was the founder of a night school for Russian immigrants in Baltimore in 1889. From 1892-1915 Szold was the secretary of the Jewish Publication Society of America. A trip to Palestine in 1909 was the turning point in her life. She became an enthusiastic Zionist, became the Secretary of the Federation of American Zionists and founder and first Presid...