She also became a well known Biblical scholar and. in the 1890s. she became the editor and translator of the Jewish Publication Society of America. Henrietta Szolds life is remarkable in that she can be considerd a "first" in a number of areas. While still living in Baltimore. she founded night schools for immigrants. In the late 1800s and early 1900s. many immigrants were coming to America from Europe and Miss Szold recognized the need for education and training programs for these people. Her true passion lay in pursuing Jewish study and thought and. after her father died. she felt she could fulfill her scholarly aspirations by studying Jewish law. She approached Rabbi Solomon Schechter of the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York to see if there were some way for her to study there.
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