Three Autograph Letter Signed, datelined: Waco, Texas, December 31st, 1917 * Hotel Alexandria, New York, July 28th, 1927. * On Board the Cunard R.M.S. “Carmania,” November 16th, 1927

AUCTION 37 | Tuesday, June 26th, 2007 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic & Ceremonial Art

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Lot 279

SZOLD, HENRIETTA

Three Autograph Letter Signed, datelined: Waco, Texas, December 31st, 1917 * Hotel Alexandria, New York, July 28th, 1927. * On Board the Cunard R.M.S. “Carmania,” November 16th, 1927

In the earliest letter, Szold voices her vision of a Jewish state in which “all faiths will be free,” just as in Christian America, “equal protection for all faiths has been secured.”

Est: $150 - $200

PRICE REALIZED $900

Henrietta Szold (1860-1945), a native of Baltimore, was a life-long Zionist activist - famous for her role as founder of Hadassah Women’s Organization, directly responsible for the funding of Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem, and founder of Youth Aliyah, which brought imperiled youngsters from Nazi Germany to Eretz Israel