What if Henrietta Szold and Queen Esther were alive today? They’d be friends, right?
The pioneering founder of Hadassah and the Queen of Persia are both heroines from Jewish history, sharing the common interest of saving our people.
So when Purim — when Esther saved the Jews from annihilation and Henrietta founded Hadassah and brought healthcare to pre-state Israel — comes around, of course they’d be texting.
Here’s how we think the conversation would go:
Don't miss "Henrietta Szold’s Gifts" in Hadassah Magazine by historian Francine Klagsbrun, author of "Henrietta Szold: Hadassah and the Zionist Dream."
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