To Repair a Broken World: Life of Henrietta Szold, by Dvora HaCohen

The authoritative biography of Henrietta Szold, a remarkable leader who fought for women’s rights and the poor.  Henrietta Szold is founder of Hadassah.Szold maintained that her many political commitments were inseparable. She fought relentlessly for women’s place in Judaism and for health and educational networks in Mandate Palestine. As a global citizen, she championed American pacifism. Noted Israeli historian Dvora Hacohen captures the dramatic life of this remarkable woman.  Hacohen also offers a penetrating look into Szold’s personal world, revealing for the first time the psychogenic blindness that afflicted her as the result of a harrowing breakup with a famous Talmudic scholar.. Click here to join on ZOOM.

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