In 1919, Orthodox Jewish women who support the Zionist's desire to establish a Jewish homeland in Palestine, organize Seattle Mizrachi Women's Auxiliary. They elect Libby Anches (1881-1978) president.
Anches led the auxiliary, which met at Bikur Cholim Synagogue, for 10 years. On December 12, 1940, the women sponsored the first kosher dinner in a downtown hotel, New Washington Hotel. In 1983, the national organization's name changed to Amit women. Today in Seattle there are three Amit chapters.
Sources:
"History of Seattle Chapters Mizrachi," Mizrachi Women Papers (Accession 2014), Box 1, Special Collections, Manuscripts and University Archives, University of Washington Libraries, Seattle.
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