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Henrietta Szold’s Story, From the Granddaughter of Her Lost Love

JL;DR SUMMARY Abby Ginzberg, a documentary filmmaker with familial ties to Henrietta Szold, explores Szold's significant contributions to Jewish and humanitarian causes through her film 'Labors of Love: The Life and Legacy of Henrietta Szold.' A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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ZionismHadassahJewish FilmYouth AliyahBinational StateLouis GinzbergHenrietta SzoldBritish Mandate PalestineWomen In ZionismAbby Ginzberg

Places mentioned

Berkeley, California, United States
"Not only is the Berkeley, Calif.-based documentary filmmaker a distant cousin of the Hadassah founder on her maternal side, but her paternal grandfather, Talmudic scholar Louis Ginzberg, was the man who broke Szolds heart."
San Francisco, California, United States
"Labors of Love: The Life and Legacy of Henrietta Szold, which will have its world premiere July 26 at the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival and will be screened at the Hadassah National Conference in early August."
New York City, New York, United States
"She returned to the project in 2022, first interviewing experts in New York City, then making two trips to Israel to research and shoot scenes from the second half of Szolds life."
Israel
"She returned to the project in 2022, first interviewing experts in New York City, then making two trips to Israel to research and shoot scenes from the second half of Szolds life."
Jerusalem, Israel
"With the Arab Israeli caretaker of Szolds grave at the Jewish cemetery on the Mount of Olives."

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