To Repair a Broken World

The Life of Henrietta Szold, Founder of Hadassah

Dvora Hacohen

Foreword by Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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$35.00 • £28.95 • €31.50

ISBN 9780674988095

Publication Date: 05/11/2021

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400 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

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Dvora Hacohen is Professor of Modern Jewish History at Bar Ilan University, Israel. Her several books include the prizewinning The Children of the Time: Youth Aliyah, 1933–1948. She has received the Ben-Gurion Prize for her contributions to scholarship.

Awards & Accolades

2021 Everett Family Foundation Jewish Book of the Year Award, National Jewish Book Awards, Jewish Book Council

2021 National Jewish Book Award for Biography in Memory of Sara Berenson Stone, Jewish Book Council

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