Sarah Herzog

Sarah Herzog was born in 1896 in Riga

Sarah Herzog, born Hillman, was born in Riga in 1896. Her father was Rabbi Shmuel Yitzchak Hillman. The family later moved to Britain, where her father served as a rabbi.

In 1917 she married Rabbi Isaac Herzog, then rabbi of Belfast. Their son Chaim was born in Belfast, and the family moved to Dublin in 1919, where their son Yaakov was born. In 1936 the family moved to the Land of Israel when her husband became Chief Rabbi.

In 1939 she took part in protests against the British White Paper. She led the Mizrachi Women's organization in the Land of Israel and served as president of Emunah from its founding in 1959. She also served for many years as volunteer president of the Ezrath Nashim hospital in Jerusalem.

After her husband's death she remained active in public life and in Jewish women's organizations. In 1975 she received honorary doctorates from the Hebrew University and Bar-Ilan University. She died in January 1979, and the Jerusalem hospital was later renamed Herzog Hospital.