An upcoming event from our partner The American Jewish Historical Society
More info: http://cjh.org/event/2667
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Photo of the day: Henrietta Szold at home, Jerusalem (circa 1922). From the Hadassah Archives, housed at American Jewish Historical Society.
For more archival photographs, visit the Center for Jewish History’s Flickr photostream.
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