She would have done enough to earn the lasting gratitude of the Jewish people. of America and of Israel. if she had done nothing in her life but found Hadassah. During the 52 years of her life before she founded the organization. Henrietta Szold had taught French. German. algebra. and botany. mastered Hebrew. helped edit both the Jewish Encyclopedia and the American Jewish Year Book. contributed to numerous newspapers and learned journals. and started an Americanizing school for immigrant Russian Jews in Baltimore. Daughter of the learned and zealous Baltimore rabbi. Benjamin Szold. famous for his campaign to educate freed Negroes after the end of the Civil War.
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