Adventures in Idealism
by Eugene Benjamin, Boris Bogen, Saul Drucker, Jacob Lipman, Solomon Lowenstein, Bernard Palitz, Joseph W. Pincus, Katharine Sabsovich, George W. Simon
About this book
Professor H. L. Sabsovich is recognized as one of the foremost figures in the field of Jewish social service. A great part of his active life was given to the work of the Baron de Hirsch Fund, and he distinguished himself as a visionary thinker as well as an excellent administrator and, significantly, the Builder of Woodbine, the Woodbine Agricultural School, and later as General Agent for the Baron de Hirsch Fund.
Chapters (27)
1School Days in Russia
2Odessa and the Pogrom
3From Law to Agriculture
4Among the Don Cossacks
5Facing the New World
6Pioneering with the Pioneers
7A Call to the Land
8Opening of the Woodbine Tract
9Building the Colony
10The First Problems
11Unrest Among the Colonists
12Added Industries
13Strengthening the New Allegiance
14Bringing Science to the Farmers
15A Pioneer of Agricultural Schools
16Woodbine Entertains
17New Institutions
18The Colony Incorporates
19Recollections
20In the Hearts of His People
21The Practical Idealist
22A Pioneer Social Worker
23A Life Nobly Lived
24Our Teacher
25The Baron de Hirsch Agricultural School
26The Jewish Farmers' Best Friend
27The Leader of Jewish Agriculture in America
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