| Description |
1 online resource (415 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Plates; Note on Transliteration; Prologue; PART I CONTEXTS AND CHALLENGES; 1 Hadassah, 1912-1933: Finding a Role; 2 Hadassah, 1933-1947: Responding to Crisis; 3 The Leadership; PART II THE AMERICAN SCENE IDEOLOGY AND PRACTICE; 4 The Jewish Foundations; 5 The American Foundations; PART III THE WORLD ZIONIST ORGANIZATION SCENE; 6 Ideology and Politics at the Establishment of the State of Israel, 1948-1950; 7 Ideology and Politics in the Early Years of the State of Israel, 1951-1956 |
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PART IV THE ISRAELI SCENE HADASSAH AND THE NEW STATE8 Hadassah in the War of Independence, 1947-1949; 9 A Young State with Many Needs; 10 Welfare and Education Projects for Children and Teenagers; 11 Projects for Immigrant Children and Teenagers; PART V HADASSAH IN CONTEXT; 12 Comparative and Feminist Perspectives; 13 Hadassah's Partners; Epilogue; Appendices; APPENDIX A: Hadassah Membership Relative to the Jewish Community in the United States, 1917-1957 (Selected Years); APPENDIX B: Articles of the 1947 Constitution Relating to Definition of Objectives |
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APPENDIX C: Articles of the 1956 Constitution Relating to Definition of ObjectivesAPPENDIX D: A Selection of the Pamphlets Recommended to Members by the Hadassah Education Department, 1951; Bibliography; Plate Acknowledgements; Index |
| Summary |
An extensive, diverse, and balanced contribution not only to Zionist history and American Jewish history but also to the history of Jewish women |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America -- History
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| SUBJECT |
Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America fast |
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Zionism -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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Zionism
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Berkowitz, Tamar
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| ISBN |
9781786949813 |
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1786949814 |
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