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Hadassah, The Women's Zionist Organization of America is an American Jewish volunteer women's organization.Founded in 1912 by Henrietta Szold, it is one of the largest international Jewish organizations, with nearly 300,000 members in the United States. [4]
Henrietta Szold (/ z oʊ l d / ZOHLD, Hungarian:; December 21, 1860 – February 13, 1945) was an American-born Jewish Zionist leader and founder of Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America. In 1942, she co-founded Ihud, a political party in Mandatory Palestine dedicated to a binational solution.
It was founded as the Zionist Organization (ZO; 1897–1960) at the initiative of Theodor Herzl at the First Zionist Congress, which took place in August 1897 in Basel, Switzerland. [1] The goals of the Zionist movement were set out in the Basel Program .
Hadassah Magazine is an American magazine published by the Hadassah Women's Zionist Organization of America. It covers Israel, the Jewish world, and subjects of interest to American Jewish women. It was established in 1914.
Throughout the latter half of 1930s, after her first trip to Israel, Freund-Rosenthal was asked to speak to Hadassah groups about her visit. In 1940, she was asked to join the national board of Hadassah Women's Zionist Organization of America. She left Hadassah in 1942 before resigning from her position as a public school teacher and returning ...
Rose Luria Halprin (1896–1978) was an American Zionist leader and National President of the Hadassah Women's Zionist Organization of America.In addition to her two terms as Hadassah president, she also served on the Zionist General Council, American Zionist Emergency Council, American Jewish Conference, and the Jewish Agency for Palestine.
Hadassah Rosensaft (1912–1997), Polish Holocaust survivor; Hadassah Women's Zionist Organization of America, a United States Jewish women's organization Hadassah Magazine, a magazine published by Hadassah; Hadassah Medical Center, a medical center in Israel funded by Hadassah; Hadassah (typeface) or Hadassah Friedlaender, a typeface for Hebrew
Bernice Tannenbaum (6 November 1913 – 6 April 2015) was an activist with Hadassah. [1] She joined Hadassah in 1944. [2] She was Hadassah's president from 1976 until 1980, and while president she began Hadassah's practice of periodically holding its annual convention in Israel, with the first such Jerusalem held gathering in 1978. [3]