Zip Szold

Zipporah "Zip" Szold (née Falk, 1888–1979) was the fourth president of the Hadassah Women's Zionist Organization of America, serving from 1928 to 1930.[1]

Background

Zipporah Falk was born in Savannah, Georgia, in 1888. She studied at Bryn Mawr College.

Career

Szold's achievements during her time as Hadassah president included fundraising for the Hadassah Hospital on Mount Scopus in Jerusalem and working to increase awareness related to Palestine at the time.[2] She also edited the Hadassah Newsletter and served as the United Nations chairwoman for the organization.

Personal life and death

Zip Falk married Robert Szold, Henrietta Szold's cousin and president of the Zionist Organization of America. Robert Szold was also a partner in Lowenthal, Szold and Brandwen of 43 Exchange Place, New York City. [3][4] [5]

Szold died in 1979 in New York City.[6]

See also

References
  1. Moore, Deborah Dash (2009). "Hadassah in the United States". Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia. JWA. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
  2. "Jewish Women Appeal for Aid for Palestine". Reading Eagle. 3 January 1929. Retrieved 1 March 2016 – via https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1955&dat=19290103&id=d8IhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Mp0FAAAAIBAJ&pg=4654,361380&hl=en.
  3. "Max Lowenthal papers, 1910-1971". University of Minnesota. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  4. Hearings regarding communism in the United States Government: Hearings before the Committee on Un-American Activities, House of Representatives, Eighty-first Congress, second session. US Government Printing Office. 15 September 1950. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
  5. Max H. Lowenthal, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 29 August 1947
  6. "Zip Falk Szold Dead at 91". JTA. July 16, 1979. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
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