Biographical Reminiscences

Discusses: living in Minsk as a child; father's role as Rabbi in Minsk; move to Glasgow; father's role as Rabbi in Glasgow; move to London; father's role as Rabbi in London; how father tried to help Jewish refugees during WWI; Sassoon family; making Aliya; attempting to obtain extra 'certificates' for aliya; husband's meeting with Roosevelt; returning to Palestine during WWII; illegal Aliya; husband's relations with British Mandate government; own activity, before establishment of State in Mizrahi and other charitable work; education in Eretz-Israel before establishment of State; caring for refugee children; 'Teheran-children'; conflict with Jewish Agency over religious or secular educaton for Holocaust orphans; development of 'Ezrat Nashim' hospital; establishment of State; Religious Zionism. Discusses: childhood, upbringing, education and general background of husband Rabbi Herzog. Discusses: arriving in Glasgow with family; state of Jewish refugees; gap between parents and children; how Glasgow Jewish community received her father; speaking Yiddish at home; school; how father learned English Zionist activity in Glasgow; contact with Gentiles; leaders of Glasgow community; leaders of London Jewish community; father's leadership during WWI; contact with Sephardic community; meeting husband; difficulties father encountered in London; father's Zionism; Rav Kook Discusses: visiting Palestine; warm reception from Jewish community; details of visit - who met, who didn't meet, ; etc.;traveling to America 1940; asking for safe asylum for Jewish refugees; serving as President of Mizrahi in Eretz Yirael learning of fate of European Jewry; visiting Palestine during WWII; the difficult journey Discusses: discussion surrounding having two fast days for Yom Kippur during WWII; illegal immigration to Palestine; husband's relation with the Yishuv; unification of Mizrahi and Hapoel Mizrahi; poverty in Yishuv; charity work she did; contact with Arabs husband's meeting with Pope; husband's work finding children hidden by Christians during WWII; "Tehran children"; Sephardic chief Rabbi Discusses: creation of 'National Religious Women's Party'; their charitable work; issue of working with secular; their role in the Knesset; work done during War of Independence; 'Ezrat Nashim' hospital Discusses: limited presence of religious Zionism pre-state; husband's position on religious and secular in Israel; husband's relations with Weizmann and Ben-Gurion; issue of conscription of girls; honours given to Rabbi Herzog