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Zakon, Miriam Stark author
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"Selma Meir left the pristine cleanliness and order of life in Germany to become the head nurse at Sha'arei Zedek Hospital in Jerusalem, braving epidemic, filth, and war. Schvester Selma, as she was affectionately known, stayed on from what was meant to be a three-year stay, for seventy years, treating the ill, adopting the orphaned, and transforming a primitive, disorganized hospital into a clean, well-functioning one. Here we meet Dr. Wallach, the fiery founder of the hospital; Dudu, the sharp-tongued washerwoman; and, of course, Schvester Selma, tiny, yet determined, devoting her life to helping others"-- Amazon.

Title A sister in white : the story of Schvester Selma / Miriam Zakon.
Additional Titles Story of Schvester Selma
Publisher Brooklyn, NY : Menucha Publishers
Creation Date [2017]
Notes First published 1999.
Series Great women, great stories: biographies of notable Jewish women
Extent 111 pages : illustrations
22 cm.
Language English
Copyright Date ©2017
National Library system number 990044093730205171
Links תמונה קדמית (גרסה מוקטנת)
תמונה אחורית
תמונה קדמית

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