Zip Szold
Zipporah Szold (née Falk, 1888–1979) was the fourth president of the Hadassah Women's Zionist Organization of America, serving from 1928 to 1930.[1]
Background
[edit]Zipporah Falk was born in Savannah, Georgia, in 1888. She studied at Bryn Mawr College and graduated in 1909.[2]
Career
[edit]Szold's achievements during her time as Hadassah president included fundraising for the Hadassah Hospital on Mount Scopus in Jerusalem and working to increase awareness related to Palestine at the time.[3] She also edited the Hadassah Newsletter and served as the United Nations chairwoman for the organization.
Personal life and death
[edit]Zip Falk married Robert Szold, Henrietta Szold's cousin and president of the Zionist Organization of America. Robert Szold was also a partner in Lowenthal, Szold and Brandwen of 43 Exchange Place, New York City.[4][5][6]
Szold died 1979 in New York City at the age of 91.[7]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Moore, Deborah Dash (2009). "Hadassah in the United States". Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia. JWA. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
- ^ "Zip F. Szold, 91, Hadassah Leader". The New York Times. 1979-07-13. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
- ^ "Jewish Women Appeal for Aid for Palestine". Reading Eagle. 3 January 1929. Retrieved 1 March 2016 – via news.google.com.
- ^ "Max Lowenthal papers, 1910-1971". University of Minnesota. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
- ^ Max Lowenthal
- ^ Max H. Lowenthal, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 29 August 1947
- ^ "Zip Falk Szold Dead at 91". JTA. July 16, 1979. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
External links
[edit]- Zip Szold's records in the Executive Functions Records in the Hadassah Archives on permanent loan at the American Jewish Historical Society in New York, NY
- Szold is mentioned in Nazism, the Jews, and American Zionism, 1933-1948 and Letters of Louis D. Brandeis: Volume V, 1921-1941: Elder Statesman, Volume 5
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