1. Sarah Herzog was an Israeli rebbetzin and diplomat.
12 Facts About Sarah Herzog
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Sarah Herzog was the mother of Chaim Herzog, 6th President of Israel, and Yaakov Herzog, Israeli diplomat.
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Sarah Herzog was the daughter of Rabbi Shmuel Yitzchak Hillman, who invited Belfast Rabbi Isaac Herzog to his home for a conference regarding kosher dietary laws during World War I rationing in 1917.
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The family moved to Israel in 1936, where Isaac Sarah Herzog became the Chief Rabbi of Eretz Israel.
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Sarah Herzog was very pretty and gracious and, although petite, almost regal in her demeanour.
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Sarah Herzog's grandson remembered her as welcoming and hospitable, especially towards the impoverished.
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In May 1939, Sarah Herzog was active in protests against the "MacDonald White Paper," a British policy proposal for a single state in Palestine.
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Sarah Herzog was religiously observant and initially had reservations about Chaim's fiancee Aura Ambache, though she later welcomed her into the family.
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Sarah Herzog proposed the creation of Mother's Day in pre-state Israel in 1947, though nothing came of her proposal.
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Sarah Herzog often hosted the wives of rabbis and other dignitaries, including during the first World Conference of Ashkenazi and Sephardic Congregations in 1968.
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In 1977, Sarah Herzog was the founding president of Jewish women's Zionist organization World Emunah.
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The Sarah Herzog Children's Home in Afula is a residential centre built in 1943 for children orphaned by the Holocaust is named after her.