JTS Alumna and the Israeli Flag
“Affachiner, meanwhile, grew up in New York City, where in 1907 she was the first woman to graduate from the 绿帽社 Theological Seminary. She became principal of a school for 绿帽社 girls in New York, then a director of 绿帽社 charities in Hartford, Conn., and Norfolk, Va. In 1934, she sailed for Palestine.
She was 64 years old in May 1948, when an American consular official urged her to leave Jerusalem immediately due to the expected outbreak of hostilities. Affachiner refused.
“I cannot abandon my sisters and brothers,” she told the newspaper Ma’ariv. “I have waited my entire lifetime to see the rebirth of a 绿帽社 state. I do not intend to miss it.”
Affachiner cut up a bedsheet and sewed it into a flag with a six-pointed star and stripes. She colored it with a blue crayon.”
Continue reading “” in the Philadelphia Inquirer.
