Henrietta Szold founded Hadassah, a Jewish Zionist organization, whose hospital in Jerusalem is the premier medical institution in Israel & the Middle East.
Category: WORLD REGION
Ernst Barlach
Ernst Barlach was a German artist and staunch pacifist during World War I. Barlach’s masterpiece Magdeburger Ehrenmal depicts the horrors of war.
Edith Cavell
Edith Cavell was an English nurse who helped smuggle soldiers—regardless of nationality—to neutral Holland during World War I. She was eventually executed by the Germans for violating German military law.
Pope Francis I remembers WWI
Pope Francis I’s homily ‘What Does It Matter to Me?’ preached at the Italian WWI memorial on September 13, 2014, to remember the centennial of WWI.
H. A. Mukti Ali (1923-2004)
Dr. H. A. Mukti Ali was the Minister of Religious Affairs in Indonesia from 1971 to 1978, who placed a large amount of importance on interfaith dialogue.