#Out of the Archives
By Andrey Filimonov
"Rose Halprin’s joie de vivre was reflected in
her love of the arts and of people. The resplendence and distinctiveness of her
hats was proverbial, but beneath that varied headgear was a Yiddisher kop—a
brilliant, analytical Jewish mind—together with a warm and sensitive Jewish
heart.“ – Rabbi Israel Goldstein
By Nicole Greenhouse
Hadassah chapters have a long history of fundraising
for Israeli public welfare projects and the Hadassah hospitals in at Mount
Scopus and Ein Kerem. As part of their fundraising efforts, chapters produced
cookbooks, made up of beloved recipes of chapter members. Many of these chapter
cookbooks can be found in the Hadassah Archives. The team working on…
The
Annual and Mid-Winter National Conventions Records in the Hadassah Archives, RG
3, currently on long-term deposit at the American Jewish Historical
Society, contain numerous documents related to Hadassah’s annual
conventions, the first of which was held in June 1914 in Rochester, NY, and
which are still being held as of this writing…
Oral
history is distinguished from other forms of interviews by its content and
extent. Oral history interviews seek an in-depth account of personal experience
and reflections, with sufficient time allowed for the narrators to give their
story the fullness they desire. The content of oral history interviews is
grounded in reflections on the past…