The 38th World Zionist Congress (WZC) concluded with the largest American delegation ever as Jews representing a wide range of religious and political orientations gathered virtually to discuss …
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By Faygie Holt, JNS
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11/4/20
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The first Israeli SARS-CoV-2 vaccine was administered at Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer in Ramat Gan on Sunday to the first volunteer in a clinical trial. …
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11/4/20
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In May 2016, the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) gifted the world an opportunity to abandon subjective decisions of what qualifies as anti-Semitism. The IHRA, 31 nations …
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By Rhoda Smolow
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10/14/20
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Jewish and pro-Israel groups applauded Senate passage last Wednesday of the Never Again Education Act, which seeks to expand Holocaust education in the United States.
The legislation, which passed …
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By Jackson Richman, JNS
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5/20/20
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“Even in these complicated times, the connection with the patients is important — perhaps more now than ever,” says Professor Alon Hershko, director of Hadassah Ein Kerem Internal …
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Renee Young for Hadassah
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5/20/20
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An Israeli mother recently posted on her Facebook page a photo of Muslim-Israeli and Jewish-Israeli healthcare professionals dancing together at a staff function at Jerusalem’s Hadassah …
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By James Sinkinson, FLAME
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5/6/20
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In late February, I flew to Long Island to help my 77-year-old mom following her knee replacement surgery. I arrived in the United States …
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By Meryl Jacobs
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3/25/20
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The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved $10 million over five years to fund Holocaust education in American schools.
The vote Monday was timed for International Holocaust …
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1/29/20
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Not long ago, an Orthodox rabbi in his early 70s with lung cancer was rushed to Jerusalem’s Hadassah Hospital with heart failure. The dying patient previously had asked his family that he not …
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By Larry Luxner for Hadassah
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12/24/19
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A decade after the Bernie Madoff debacle — one so serious that Hadassah officials refuse to even utter the Ponzi schemer’s name — the women’s Zionist organization is …
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By Ron Kampeas, JTA
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9/8/19
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