Miriam Freund-Rosenthal

Miriam Kottler Freund-Rosenthal (1906 – January 16, 1999) was an American civic leader, best known for her contributions as President of the Hadassah Women's Zionist Organization of America.

[1] The child of Harry Kottler and Rebecca Zindler, a member of the first Zionist women’s group on the East Side, the Daughters of Zion.

She remarried to Harry Rosenthal, an importer of men's sportswear, in 1974, and thereafter moved to his Saint Paul, Minnesota home.

After her presidency, she held other board posts including the chair of Education, Zionist Affairs, Hadassah Magazine (from 1966 to 1971),[7] two Youth Survey committees, and nongovernmental representative to the United Nations.

After moving to Saint Paul with her second husband, she helped create an educational endowment fund for National Hadassah.

From left to right: Moshe Sharett , Miriam Freund, Louis Lipsky , and Nahum Goldmann , 1960