Quote of the day
It has been said that idleness is the parent of mischief, which is very true; but mischief itself is merely an attempt to escape from the dreary vacuum of idleness.
Henrietta Szold
Born: December 21, 1860
Died: February 13, 1945 (aged 84)
Bio: Henrietta Szold was a U.S. Jewish Zionist leader and founder of Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America. In 1942, she co-founded Ihud, a political party in Mandatory Palestine dedicated to a binational solution.
Known for:
- Recent Jewish Progress in Palestine (1915)
- Lost love
- Henrietta Szold, Life and Letters (1942)