Adventures in Idealism
Eugene Benjamin, Boris Bogen, Saul Drucker, Jacob Lipman, Solomon Lowenstein, Bernard Palitz, Joseph W. Pincus, Katharine Sabsovich and George W. Simon
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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. (5 hr 19 min)
Chapters
Foreword | 2:44 | Read by KevinS |
School Days in Russia | 10:52 | Read by KevinS |
Odessa and the Pogrom | 14:57 | Read by KevinS |
From Law to Agriculture | 6:07 | Read by KevinS |
Among the Don Cossacks | 20:25 | Read by KevinS |
Facing the New World | 14:12 | Read by KevinS |
Pioneering with the Pioneers | 8:13 | Read by KevinS |
A Call to the Land | 8:07 | Read by Emma Burchette |
Opening of the Woodbine Tract | 13:40 | Read by KevinS |
Building the Colony | 16:37 | Read by KevinS |
The First Problems | 19:24 | Read by VO Gal |
Unrest Among the Colonists | 17:16 | Read by RebeccaTruestone |
Added Industries | 4:04 | Read by RebeccaTruestone |
Strengthening the New Allegiance | 11:25 | Read by RebeccaTruestone |
Bringing Science to the Farmers | 8:57 | Read by queenofcheckmate |
A Pioneer of Agricultural Schools | 11:46 | Read by CalebSchroeder |
Woodbine Entertains | 5:56 | Read by Verla Viera |
New Institutions | 6:52 | Read by Verla Viera |
The Colony Incorporates | 12:22 | Read by Verla Viera |
Recollections | 8:40 | Read by Verla Viera |
In the Hearts of His People | 6:42 | Read by Verla Viera |
The Practical Idealist | 8:50 | Read by Keith Michael |
A Pioneer Social Worker | 6:44 | Read by VO Gal |
A Life Nobly Lived | 32:27 | Read by Yi Fan |
Our Teacher | 7:25 | Read by TonyMezz |
The Baron de Hirsch Agricultural School | 9:09 | Read by TonyMezz |
The Jewish Farmers' Best Friend | 17:14 | Read by Larry Wilson |
The Leader of Jewish Agriculture in America | 8:14 | Read by Larry Wilson |