Hadassah : American Women Zionists and the Rebirth of Israel.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (415 pages)
- The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization Series .
- The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization Series .
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 -- PART IV THE ISRAELI SCENE HADASSAH AND THE NEW STATE -- 8 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 -- APPENDIX C: Articles of the 1956 Constitution Relating to Definition of Objectives -- APPENDIX D: A Selection of the Pamphlets Recommended to Members by the Hadassah Education Department, 1951 -- Bibliography -- Plate Acknowledgements -- Index.
Hadassah is the largest Zionist organization in the Diaspora, the largest and most active women's organization in Jewish history, and the largest women's organization in the United States. The history of Hadassah is inseparable from the history of American Jewry and of the State of Israel; this is an extensive, diverse, and balanced contribution to both those areas as well as to the history of Jewish women.
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Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America-History. Zionism-United States-History-20th century. Israel-Social conditions-20th century.