HENRIETTA SZOLD, SELIG BRODETSKY 16th Zionist Congress

RARE PHOTO of HENRIETTA SZOLD and SELIG BRODETSKYat the 16th Zionist Congress 1929, Zurichsize 14 x 8.8 cmHenrietta Szold (December 21, 1860 – February 13, 1945) was a U.S. Jewish scholar and Zionist leader. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, the daughter of a rabbi, she studied Talmudand established the first American night school, intended to provide English language instruction and vocational skills to Russian Jewish immigrants in Baltimore. Beginning in 1893, she worked for the Jewish Publication Society, a position she maintained for over two decades. Her commitment to Zionism was heightened by a trip to Palestine in 1909. She founded the Jewish women's organization Hadassah in 1912 and served as its president until 1926. In 1933 working with Hadassah in Palestine, she ran Youth Aliyah which rescued some 22,000 Jewish children from Nazi Europe. Selig Brodetsky (10 February 1888, Olviopol, Russia-18 May 1954) was a British Professor of Mathematics. Member of the Executive, Zionist World Organisation and Jewish Agency for Palestine. Honorary President, Zionist Federation of Great Britain and Ireland. Honorary President, World Maccabi Union. President, Board of Deputies of British Jews.