Irma Lindheim

Irma L. Lindheim (December 9, 1886 – April 10, 1978), born in New York, was a Zionist fund-raiser and educator.

Early life Lindheim was born Irma Levy in New York City on December 9, 1886, to a German-Jewish family with roots in the American South.

There, she helped to create Kibbutz Adamit and Kibbutz Ein HaShofet. Shofet, which means "judge" in Hebrew, was chosen to honor Louis Brandeis. Dubbed the "grandmother of the kibbutz" by the Israeli press, she moved back to the U.S. in the mid-60's, continuing to write articles and essays for Zionist publications.

In 1962 she published her autobiography Parallel Quest: A Search of a Person and a People.

Lindheim died on April 10, 1978, in Berkeley, California.

Some published works Lindheim, Irma (1928) The Immortal Adventure. The Macauley Company

Lindheim, Irma (1962) Parallel Quest: A Search of a Person and People. New York.