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Ruth Raisner

Ruth Raisner is a writer and editor at Dorot, a Manhattan-based organization offering intergenerational programs and services for the elderly. She has edited publications for AMIT and Yeshiva University. Raisner received her B.A. from Barnard College.

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The Women’s Mizrachi Federation in America, Detroit Meeting, circa 1960s

AMIT

Founded in 1925 by Bessie Gotsfeld to create vocational schools for religious girls in Palestine, AMIT is now the largest religious Zionist organization in the United States and has a significant presence in Israel.