1925 – 1927 • Mizrachi Women of America (MWOA) founded at the
Cleveland Mizrachi Convention under the leadership of Bessie
Gotsfeld, z”l. • MWOA purchases first piece of land in
Jerusalem. 1933 – 1934 • Beit Zeirot Mizrachi (BZM), the first
vocational high school for girls in Palestine, opens in
Jerusalem. • Religious Zionist leader and head of the Mizrachi
World Movement Rav Meir Bar-Ilan endorses MWOA and calls upon
the entire Orthodox community to support the organization’s
“holy work.” • Nechama Leibowitz is hired in BZM, Jerusalem. •
MWOA gains its autonomy from the Men’s Mizrachi Organization. •
Beit Zeirot Mizrachi opens, Tel Aviv 1943 – 1944 • Motza
Children’s Home, a haven for children who escaped Eastern Europe
via Teheran on foot, opens, Jerusalem. • Mosad Aliyah Children’s
Village for Holocaust refugees opens, Petach Tikva. 1946 – 1949
• Children’s Home for Youth Aliyah opens, Bnei Brak. • Kfar
Batya, the Bessie Gotsfeld Children’s Village and Farm School,
opens in Ra’anana. • Jewish Settlement Ho