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Hadassah the Women’s Zionist Organization of America
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After founding health care in pre-state Israel, Hadassah continues to innovate
By TOI staff
The groundbreaking women's Zionist organization works to leverage Israeli Hadassah medical expertise and bring light unto the nations
Nurse Rivka Wolkenstein-Ezer, who graduated in the first nursing school class, in a newly established Tel Aviv Hadassah hospital in 1920. (Hadassah)
April 12, 2018, 12:03 pm
After founding health care in pre-state Israel, Hadassah continues to innovate
The groundbreaking women's Zionist organization works to leverage Israeli Hadassah medical expertise and bring light unto the nations
By TOI staff
In this April 12, 2016 file photo, Democratic Rep. Carolyn Maloney speaks at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
April 10, 2018, 3:58 am
New York congresswoman to introduce Holocaust education bill
Carolyn Maloney set to propose bipartisan legislation designed to help educators promote tolerance during Holocaust memorial week
By Eric Cortellessa
A HIAS protest in front of the White House in which people shared stories of their family members who were refugees or immigrants, March 1, 2017. (Ted Eytan via JTA)
February 18, 2018, 12:42 am
Jewish groups call on US census to drop citizenship question
10 community organizations pen letter to Trump administration warning that reinstating query will 'raise fears' among immigrants
By JTA
A photo of the Hadassah Magazine published after the Six Day War. (Hadassah Magazine)
June 2, 2017, 8:22 pm
Elie Wiesel and two others on Israel after the Six Day War
Excerpts from Hadassah Magazine’s July 1967 issue, including a piece by Wiesel, provide firsthand testimonies from those momentous days
By Josefin Dolsten
The Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
December 14, 2016, 11:07 pm
4 major Jewish groups to skip Hanukkah party at Trump hotel
Jewish Federations of North America, ADL, AJC and Hadassah decline invitation to holiday gala co-hosted by Azerbaijan
By JTA
(R-L) Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, the joint Nobel Peace Prize winners for 1994, in Olso, Norway. (Government Press Office via Getty Images)
September 28, 2016, 3:20 pm
Jewish groups around the world praise Peres
Tributes pour in for respected statesman and peacemaker, 'an important part of our people'
By JTA
Goldie Michelson in 2008 by the theater that bears her name. (Clark University)
July 10, 2016, 2:22 pm
Oldest American, Goldie Michelson, dead at 113
Russian-born Jewish woman dies in her Massachusetts home a month before her 114th birthday
By Agencies
Goldie Michelson in 2008 by the theater that bears her name. (Clark University)
May 19, 2016, 2:25 am
7 fun facts about 113-year-old Goldie Michelson
She was born in Russia, but the oldest person in the US has lived in Worcester, Massachusetts, for over a century
By Gabe Friedman
Hadassah University Hospital in Ein Kerem, Jerusalem (Courtesy)
January 6, 2016, 4:57 am
Report: Hadassah covered up its failing finances
Medical organization denies accountants' warnings of possible financial collapse were hidden from regulator, donors
By TOI staff
Ari Zivotofsky (right), stands with his nine-year-old son, Menachem, outside the Supreme Court in Washington, DC, November 7, 2011. (photo credit: AP/Evan Vucci, File)
June 9, 2015, 2:43 am
US Jewish groups slam administration’s ‘hypocritical’ view on Jerusalem
ADL, AJC, Conference of Presidents express disappointment, concern over ruling barring Jerusalem-born US citizens from citing Jewish state on passport
By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil
Hilary Clinton's campaign logo (left), and Hadassah's logo (right). (photo credit: JTAGabe Friedman)
April 16, 2015, 8:05 pm
Clinton logo looks like Hadassah’s
Amid much fuss over the design, few have noticed its remarkable resemblance to that of the women's Zionist organization
By JTA
April 8, 2015, 5:17 am
Bernice Tannenbaum, longtime Hadassah leader, dies aged 101
Former national president of group was instrumental figure in organization
By JTA
Richard Dreyfuss arrives at an Oscar Viewing Party at the Beverly Hills Hotel on February 26, 2012 in Beverly Hills, CA. (Photo Credit: Richard Dreyfuss image Helga Esteb / Shutterstock.com)
February 23, 2015, 2:59 am
Richard Dreyfuss to play Bernie Madoff in ABC drama
Series based on book 'The Madoff Chronicles: Inside the Secret World of Bernie and Ruth' by network's investigative correspondent
By JTA
January 5, 2015, 5:49 am
Ruth Popkin, former president of Hadassah and JNF, dies at 101
Funeral to be held Wednesday in New York
By JTA
Acting Hadassah board of directors chairman Avi Balashnikov at the Health Ministry in Jerusalem on June 24, 2014. (photo credit: FLASH90)
November 18, 2014, 12:33 am
Hadassah hospital’s board chair quits amid budget crisis
Avi Balashnikov resigns after health minister fails to find replacement by deadline; board member steps down as well
By JTA
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