A Queen to the Rescue: the Story of Henrietta Szold, Founder of Hadassah

This biography tells the story of Henrietta Szold, who looked to Queen Esther as an example while working to help Jewish people. In 1912, she founded Hadassah, a Jewish women’s social justice organization. She established it to provide emergency medical care for mothers and children in Palestine. During World War II, Szold helped rescue Jewish children from the Holocaust. Hadassah later expanded its work to education, youth development, and women’s rights.