Paula Arnold ( he, ארנולד, פאולה; 1885–1968) was an Austrian-born Israeli journalist,

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, and naturalist. She was noted for her works on the flora and birds of Israel.

Biography

Paula Kellner (later Arnold) was born in 1885 in Vienna, Austria, which was then the capital of the

Austro-Hungarian Empire Austria-Hungary, often referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire,, the Dual Monarchy, or Austria, was a constitutional monarchy and great power in Central Europe between 1867 and 1918. It was formed with the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of ...

. Her father, Leon Kellner, taught English literature at the University of Vienna and was one of the first to become a Zionist and member of Theodor Herzl's closest circle. Paula met Herzl for the first time at the age of 12. At 13, she traveled with her parents for a year to England. Kellner pursued teaching in adulthood, but after her marriage in 1910 to Marcus (Max) Arnold, she decided to pursue journalism, writing in newspapers and various magazines. She also wrote the episode that dealt with Austria in "countries and peoples," issued by Pittman in London. In 1926 she began teaching at a school in Vienna. A year later she began writing for the Baltimore Sun and, in 1931, the

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. About this time, she began to lose her hearing, so she decided to abandon her dream of teaching English in Israel. Instead, she learned pottery in the workshop of a Russian potter, Iskra. In November 1933, she immigrated to Eretz Israel (

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) with Max Arnold. The two settled in Binyamina and set up a pottery workshop there. After Max's death in 1942, Paula Arnold began writing for the

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, for which she wrote a regular column of book reviews and "nature lists," which were later collected in her book ''Israel Nature Notes''. In addition, she published in various newspapers in Hebrew, English and German. In 1960, for the occasion of the centenary of Herzl's birth, she translated and published, Herzl's utopian book, Altneuland. In 1962, her guide ''Birds of Israel'' was published with illustrations by

Walter Ferguson Walter William Ferguson was born in New York City in 1930 and died in 2015. He received his formal art training under scholarship at Yale School of Fine Arts and Pratt Institute. He has exhibited widely in Israel and abroad and his paintings are ...

. Arnold wrote an autobiography that was published entitled ''Memories in Love.'' Arnold's younger sister, Dora, was married for several years to the philosopher Walter Benjamin.

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** {{DEFAULTSORT:Arnold, Paula 1885 births 1968 deaths Israeli women scientists Israeli botanists Austrian emigrants to Mandatory Palestine