To Repair a Broken World: The Life of Henrietta Szold, Founder of Hadassah

by Dvora Hacohen

The authoritative biography of Henrietta Szold, founder of Hadassah, introduces a new generation to a remarkable leader who fought for women's rights and the poor.

Born in Baltimore in 1860, Henrietta Szold was driven from a young age by the mission captured in the concept of tikkun olam, "repair of the world." Herself the child of immigrants, she established a night school, open to all faiths, to teach English to Russian Jews...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674988094
• ISBN13: 9780674988095
• Release Date: May 2021
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 5.8" x 9.3"