Raquela; A Woman of Israel
New York: Hadassah The Women's Zionist Organization of America, Inc., 1993. 1993 Hadassah [authorized reprint of Putnam Publishing Group editions]. Trade paperback. [10], 417, [5] pages. Illustrations. Map. Cover has slight wear and soiling. Inscribed and dated by the author inside the front cover. Ruth Gruber (September 30, 1911 – November 17, 2016) was an American journalist, photographer, writer, humanitarian, and a United States government official. She was a recipient of the Norman Mailer Prize. In 1946, The New York Post asked her to cover the work of a newly created Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry on Palestine. The Committee was to decide the fate of 100,000 European Jewish refugees who were living in European camps as displaced persons (DP). The committee members spent four months in Europe, Palestine, and the Arab countries and a month in Switzerland digesting their experiences. The committee's twelve members unanimously agreed that Britain should allow 100,000 Jewish immigrants to settle in Palestine. British foreign minister Bevin rejected the finding. More