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Klappentext Hadassah and the Zionist Project offers a fresh perspective on Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America and the largest women's organization in the United States, telling the fascinating story of how American Jewish women played a leading role in achieving Zionist goals and shaping the state of Israel. The book also traces Hadassah's involvement in the child rescue movement, which saved thousands of children from Nazi-occupied Europe, as well as from the beleaguered Jewish communities of the Middle East and North Africa. Zusammenfassung Offers a fresh perspective on Hadassah! the Women's Zionist Organization of America! telling the story of how American Jewish women played a leading role in achieving Zionist goals and shaping the state of Israel. This book also traces Hadassah's involvement in the child rescue movement! which saved thousands of children from Nazi-occupied Europe. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Introduction: American Maternalists in Palestine and Israel Chapter 2 "The Healing of the Daughter of My People": Henrietta Szold and the Creation of Hadassah! the Women's Zionist Organization of America Chapter 3 "A Joyful Mother of Children": Child Welfare in the Yishuv Chapter 4 "A New Type of Woman": The Struggle for Women's Equality in the Yishuv Chapter 5 "Persecuted! Uprooted": Youth Aliyah and the Rescue of European Jewish Children Chapter 6 "Future Builders of the State": Youth Aliyah and the Rescue of Oriental Jewish Children Chapter 7 Conclusion