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Adventures in Idealism

Professor H. L. Sabsovich is recognized as one of the foremost figures in the field of Jewish social service. A great part of his active life was given to the work of the Baron de Hirsch Fund, and he distinguished himself as a visionary thinker as well as an excellent administrator and, significantly, the Builder of Woodbine, the Woodbine Agricultural School, and later as General Agent for the Baron de Hirsch Fund. (5 hr 19 min)

Chapters

Foreword

2:44

School Days in Russia

10:52

Odessa and the Pogrom

14:57

From Law to Agriculture

6:07

Among the Don Cossacks

20:25

Facing the New World

14:12

Pioneering with the Pioneers

8:13

A Call to the Land

8:07

Opening of the Woodbine Tract

13:40

Building the Colony

16:37

The First Problems

19:24

Unrest Among the Colonists

17:16

Added Industries

4:04

Strengthening the New Allegiance

11:25

Bringing Science to the Farmers

8:57

A Pioneer of Agricultural Schools

11:46

Woodbine Entertains

5:56

New Institutions

6:52

The Colony Incorporates

12:22

Recollections

8:40

In the Hearts of His People

6:42

The Practical Idealist

8:50

A Pioneer Social Worker

6:44

A Life Nobly Lived

32:27

Our Teacher

7:25

The Baron de Hirsch Agricultural School

9:09

The Jewish Farmers' Best Friend

17:14

The Leader of Jewish Agriculture in America

8:14