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• Hadassah Applauds Obama’s Statement Supporting Equal Rights For LGBT Couples
• In response to President Obama's statement today demonstrating support for LGBT rights, Marcie Natan, National President of Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America, expressed the following statement:

• Petition to Honor the Munich 11
• It has been nearly 40 years since the 1972 Munich Olympics, where 11 Israeli athletes were killed. Hadassah is proud of it's history as a vocal advocate for the victims' families and the memory of their loved ones.

• 60 Minutes Report: Christians of the Holy Land
• An alert distributed by the Jewish Council of Public Affairs—of which Hadassah is a member—addressing the accuracy of Sunday's 60 Minutes report on Christians in Israel and the Palestinian territories.

• Happy Birthday Israel & Hadassah
• Hadassah joins the international Jewish community in marking Yom HaZikaron (Memorial Day) and Yom Ha'Atzmaut (Independence Day) this week, and Yom Yerushalayim (Jerusalem Day) next month.

• Jerusalem Netletter: Independence Day
• I'd like to take this opportunity to honor our physician soldiers. One aspect of life in Israel is that in addition to putting in long days treating patients and doing creative research, a large percentage of our physicians are officers in the IDF. They continue to serve in Reserve Units until their fifties.

• Pregnant Woman from Cyprus with Rare Ectopic Pregnancy Saved at Hadassah
• A 30-year-old pregnant woman from Cyprus was flown to the Hadassah University Medical Center when her local physician, who made the diagnosis of an ectopic pregnancy under the left kidney, referred her to Hadassah for further care. A 48-hour surgery at Hadassah saved her life.

• HMO Update - Wednesday 4/25/2012
• Yom Hazikaron 4/25/12
  Memorial Day at Hadassah Medical Organization

• General Surgery B Moves in The Sarah Wetsman Davidson Hospital Tower
• When Brenda Godfrey and her husband decided to make Aliya some 35 years ago, the UK born couple already had two grown up daughters. They packed their things into 12 suitcases, gave them to their daughters and said they will meet them in Israel. While the daughters flew with the baggage, the parents drove from London through France and Italy to Naples. From there they crossed the Mediterranean on a ship with their car to Haifa port, and drove again to the absorption center in Mevaseret Zion – their first home in Israel.

• Hadassah International Ambassador Wins 250,000 Euros on German Quiz Show
• With an audience of 8-10 million people watching, Hadassah International Ambassador and Actress Veronica Ferres won 250,000 euro on a German quiz show and announced that she would donate half her winnings to the new Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Hadassah Hospital-Ein Kerem.

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• Young Judaea Moves Closer Toward Operating Independently
• NEW YORK – Young Judaea inked an agreement this week that positions it “a short time away” from becoming an independent organization, the youth movement said today in a joint announcement with Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America, which has been its parent and sole sponsor since 1967.

• Jerusalem Netletter: Yom Hashoah
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  Yom Hashoah

• Australian Intensive Care Specialist Chooses to Move to Israel and Join Hadassah Medical Staff
• Dr. Peter Vernon Van Heerden, an Australian intensive care specialist with Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, and a professor at the University of Western Australia, will shortly be moving to Israel and joining the medical staff of the Hadassah University Medical Center.

• CEO of Hadasit Bio-Holdings Interviewed by Bio Tuesdays.com
• Interview with Chief Executive Officer of Hadasit, Ophir Shahaf

• Childhood Cancer Survivors Bolstered by Hadassah Medical Center Clinic
• With 80 percent of childhood cancer victims cured of the disease today, the need to address the complex issues that the young survivors face in the aftermath of treatment led the Hadassah University Medical Center to establish a Childhood Cancer Survivor Clinic.

• Collaborations Continue Through Hadassah Medical Center and Cincinnati Children’s Partnership
• As part of a clinical exchange program between the Hadassah University Medical Center and Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Dr. Polina Stefansky, Director of Hadassah's Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplant Center, visited Cincinnati Children's Hospital for two weeks of medical collaboration and training in March. The Cincinnati Chapter of Hadassah hosted a buffet lunch for her, where she spoke about her work at Hadassah with gene therapy and bone marrow transplants.

• Hadassah National Board Member Views Completed Hospital Tower--As a Patient
• The Hadassah University Medical Center's 2012 Nancy Falchuk Nursing Scholarships were awarded in March to Odeya Tel-Tzur, Deputy Head Nurse at the Judy and Sidney Swartz Center for Emergency Medicine; Meirav Kiviti, Oncology Day Care Nurse at the Sharett Institute of Oncology; Yehudit Lalum-Har'el, Head Nurse in the Pediatric and Surgery Outpatient Clinic at Hadassah Hospital-Mount Scopus; and Sigalit Caspi, Head Nurse in the Emergency Room at Hadassah-Mt. Scopus. The Falchuk scholarship, which enables the nurses to pursue advanced study, conduct research or give a presentation at an international conference, was created through donations from Hadassah International units around the world in tribute to Outgoing Hadassah International President, Nancy Falchuk, when she completed her term in 2004.

• Hadassah’s Heart Failure Center Reaches out to the Community, Providing Continuity of Care
• Hadassah's Heart Failure and Heart Muscle Disease Center reaches out to the community to bridge the gap between hospital-based and community-based medicine.

• Hadassah’s Post-Surgery Patient Enjoys the Comfort of the New Hospital Tower
• Brenda Godfrey, who immigrated to Israel from the United Kingdom 35 years ago and recently was a post-surgery patient at the Hadassah University Medical Center, praised her new temporary home in the Sarah Wetsman Davidson Hospital Tower. She had rave reviews for the entire staff and, especially, her two surgeons, Dr. Gidon Almogy and Dr. Mahmud Abu-Ghazallah.

• Hadassah’s Young Patients Transported to New Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
• Leaving the crowded Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) on the fourth floor, the first young patients, on beds and in incubators, were moved into the new spacious PICU three floors above in the Hadassah University Medical Center Charlotte R. Bloomberg Mother and Child Center.

• Placental Stem Cells Prove Successful in Bringing Little Girl to Recovery at Hadassah
• Using placental mesenchymal stem cells--which proved effective in pre-clinical trials--physicians at the Hadassah University Medical Center rescued the life of a seven-year-old Romanian girl whose two bone marrow transplants were not triggering the repair needed to save her life. 

• Prof. Eitan Gross, Hadassah Pediatric Surgeon and Naval Commando
• In addition to putting in long days treating patients and doing research, a large percentage of Hadassah University Medical Center physicians are officers in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). Pediatric Surgeon Dr. Eitan Gross is an example

• Pregnant Woman from Cyprus with Rare Ectopic Pregnancy Saved at Hadassah
• A 30-year-old pregnant woman from Cyprus was flown to the Hadassah University Medical Center when her local physician, who made the diagnosis of an ectopic pregnancy under the left kidney, referred her to Hadassah for further care. A 48-hour surgery at Hadassah saved her life.

• Hadassah International Ambassador Wins 250,000 Euros on German Quiz Show
• With an audience of 8-10 million people watching, Hadassah International Ambassador and Actress Veronica Ferres won 250,000 euro on a German quiz show and announced that she would donate half her winnings to the new Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Hadassah Hospital-Ein Kerem.

• Study Finds Anti-Aging Genes in Ultra-Orthodox Women
• Hadassah researchers have identified genes unique to women who conceive naturally after 45, which generate an anti-aging effect on those women.

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Youth Opportunities

Hadassah has exciting local and international programs available to ages 8-35 with Young Judaea, its Zionist youth movement. Do you know anyone in these age ranges who would be interested in Jewish camps or young adult programs to Israel? If so, please submit their information now, or visit www.youngjudaea.org for more information.