Henrietta Szold

Henrietta Szold was a U.S. Jewish Zionist leader and founder of Hadassah, the Womens Zionist Organization of America. In 1942, she cofounded Ihud, a political party in Mandatory Palestine dedicated to a binational solution.

Henrietta Szold was born in Baltimore, Maryland, the daughter of Rabbi Benjamin Szold, who was the spiritual leader of Baltimores Temple Oheb Shalom. She was the eldest of eight daughters. In 1877, she graduated from Western High School. For fifteen years she taught at Miss Adams School and Oheb Shalom religious school, and gave Bible and history courses for adults. Highly educated in Jewish studies, she edited Professor Marcus Jastrows Talmudic Dictionary. To further her own education, she attended public lectures at Johns Hopkins University and the Peabody Institute.

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