Sarah Ruden, at The Blogs

Apr 27, 2023, 7:01 AM

Henrietta Szold and the History of Multilingual Education

Many people know Henrietta Szold as the person who founded Hadassah in 1912, but I’m not sure as many people know how she started out. Szold was born in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1860. In the 1880s, Jews who were facing...

Mar 14, 2023, 9:36 PM

The Only Jew in School

I grew up in a very Jewish environment. My family lived in the Philadelphia suburbs, where there were (and are) many Jews and many synagogues. We had no classes during the Jewish High Holidays because there were so many...

Feb 1, 2023, 10:10 PM

My Journey from Student to Teacher and Back Again

I knew I wanted to be a teacher ever since I was young growing up in the Philly suburbs. I loved to go to school, and I was a bright student. I focused on my work and completed all...

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Sarah Ruden is a life member of Hadassah and is on the Steering Committee for the Hadassah Educators Council. Sarah also participates in the Hadassah EVOLVE Forum for Women Under 50. She attended Penn State University for her undergraduate education and earned a Bachelor's in Elementary Education. She also attended Vanderbilt University and earned her Reading/ESL Master's in Education. Sarah has worked for seven plus years as a full-time teacher and many years as a tutor. Her goal is to help students make progress academically regardless of their background and the level at which they start.

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