Adventures in Idealism

Eugene Benjamin (1862 - 1941), Katharine Sabsovich ( - 1927) et al.

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.

Genre(s): Biography & Autobiography

Language: English

Keyword(s): education (96), Russia (95), agriculture (30), jewish (16), immigrants (9)

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 00 Foreword KevinS
00:02:44
Play 01 School Days in Russia KevinS
00:10:52
Play 02 Odessa and the Pogrom KevinS
00:14:57
Play 03 From Law to Agriculture KevinS
00:06:07
Play 04 Among the Don Cossacks KevinS
00:20:25
Play 05 Facing the New World KevinS
00:14:12
Play 06 Pioneering with the Pioneers KevinS
00:08:13
Play 07 A Call to the Land Emma Burchette
00:08:07
Play 08 Opening of the Woodbine Tract KevinS
00:13:40
Play 09 Building the Colony KevinS
00:16:37
Play 10 The First Problems VO Gal
00:19:24
Play 11 Unrest Among the Colonists RebeccaTruestone
00:17:16
Play 12 Added Industries RebeccaTruestone
00:04:04
Play 13 Strengthening the New Allegiance RebeccaTruestone
00:11:25
Play 14 Bringing Science to the Farmers queenofcheckmate
00:08:57
Play 15 A Pioneer of Agricultural Schools CalebSchroeder
00:11:46
Play 16 Woodbine Entertains Verla Viera
00:05:56
Play 17 New Institutions Verla Viera
00:06:52
Play 18 The Colony Incorporates Verla Viera
00:12:22
Play 19 Recollections Verla Viera
00:08:40
Play 20 In the Hearts of His People Verla Viera
00:06:42
Play 21 The Practical Idealist Keith Michael
00:08:50
Play 22 A Pioneer Social Worker VO Gal
00:06:44
Play 23 A Life Nobly Lived Yi Fan
00:32:27
Play 24 Our Teacher TonyMezz
00:07:25
Play 25 The Baron de Hirsch Agricultural School TonyMezz
00:09:09
Play 26 The Jewish Farmers' Best Friend Larry Wilson
00:17:14
Play 27 The Leader of Jewish Agriculture in America Larry Wilson
00:08:14