I take special pride in the fact that Hadassahs founder and moving force. Henrietta Szold. was a native of Baltimore. Henrietta Szold was one of thousands of Russian Jews who poured into Baltimore after 1881 in the wake of Russian pogroms. What she saw after arriving was thousands of fellow immigrants yearning for anchors of stability. of tradition and of caring. Henrietta Szold responded. first by organizing night classes so that workers could learn after the work day was done. Later. she went on to found Hadassah as the natural extension of what she saw as the womans functionto serve the family and the community.
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