The Szolds of Lombard Street

About this book

Benjamin Szold (1829-1902) married Sophie Schaar (b. 1839) in 1859. They had five daughters, one of whom was the illustrious Henrietta (1860-1945). "It is the story of a rabbinic home in Baltimore in the second half of the nineteenth century. In part, it is the story of the growth of the American Jewish community at the time when immigration from eastern Europe presented tremendous problems of adjustment and acculturation. It is also the ... story of the five daughters of the house.... It is the story of an American Jewish family at the beginning of an era"--Book jacket.