Teitlbaum-Karrie, who teaches history in the Open University of Israel’s Department of History, Philosophy, and Judaic Studies, estimates that six of the women sent to that prison during the Mandate were mothers of young children who had to be taken care of by relatives; when that wasn’t possible, the youngsters were cared for by another family. One of the leaders in the Bethlehem prison was Esther Raziel-Naor, the first broadcaster of the Irgun’s underground radio station, Kol Zion Halohemet (“The Voice of Fighting Zion”), and a senior member of the Irgun’s command establishment. In addition to Teitlbaum-Karrie’s academic research, Dr. Yitzhak Pass of Bar-Ilan University has published Bemimlachet Hanishim Bebeit Lechem: Mechtavi Asirot Ve’atsirot Hamachatrat (In the Women’s Kingdom in Bethlehem: Letters of Underground Women Prisoners and Detainees, Herzl Institute for the Study of Zionism and the Center for the Study of Women in Judaism, 2023).
Author: BY FERN ALLEN
Published at: 2025-04-30 21:54:53
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