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Israel’s Canine Pioneer
Rudolphina Menzel’s dogs of war—and of peace.
Born into a wealthy Viennese Jewish family in 1891, Rudolphina Menzel became an ardent Zionist in her youth and obtained a PhD in the sciences before she bought her first dog, which she taught to answer to commands in Hebrew. She then set about learning everything she could about dogs, bred them professionally, and advised police and military units about how best to train her soon-famous “Linzer boxers.” At the invitation of the future Israeli president Yitzḥak Ben-Zvi, she visited Palestine to provide similar consultations for the Haganah. Allan Arkush, reviewing a collection of essays about Menzel’s remarkable life, writes:
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