Labors of Love: The Life and Legacy of Henrietta Szold

Biography

Ontario premiere
June 11
5:30pm
In Person
Leah Posluns Theatre
June 19
- June 21
Online
Online at TJFF Virtual Cinema
COUNTRY
United States
Year
2025
Running Time
78 minutes
Languages
English
, Hebrew
Subtitles
English
Director
Abby Ginzberg

This richly-crafted, award-winning documentary by Abby Ginzberg tells the remarkable story of Henrietta Szold, a Baltimore rabbi’s daughter who, in the early twentieth-century, overcame gender barriers, religious constraints, and personal heartbreak to become a transformative global Jewish leader. As founder of Hadassah, she helped establish vital health, education, and social services in Mandate-era Palestine. Szold also championed equality between Jews and Arabs and pioneered professional caregiving. She later organized the Youth Aliyah movement, rescuing thousands of Jewish children from Nazi-occupied Europe and helping them resettle in Palestine. Through archival materials, the film reveals Szold’s enduring legacy of humanitarian leadership and her profound impact on Jewish life and its humanitarian ideals.

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