We believe we can and must do all we can to advance justice and healing.
We’ve been defying the odds for more than a century, creating new leadership roles for women, sustaining a vibrant Jewish state and paving the way for a pioneering health care system that saves lives every day. We are the power of women who do.
And we believe that each of us has the power to heal our world, to take action, to make an impact.
We hope you do, too. Join us.
Every day, Hadassah brings healing to the people who need it most.
Our chapters host health and wellness events in hundreds of communities around the United States, giving individuals tools to live longer, healthier lives. Hadassah’s hospitals in Israel bring care to a million patients a year, and advance cutting-edge research and treatments, including against COVID-19. And our advocates work to expand access to health care in the US and stronger US-Israel medical partnerships.
Hadassah is the address for women’s empowerment and for the empowerment of Zionist women.
At Hadassah, Israel is in our DNA. Our US programs advance a deeper understanding and connection to Israel – for adults and young Jews. Our advocacy supports Israel’s security and a strong US-Israel relationship. And our hospitals and youth programs in Israel create a better future, regardless of religion, ethnicity or race.
Hadassah believes that when we empower women, we can heal our world, together. As America’s largest Jewish women’s organization, we have members in every congressional district who – in conjunction with our national advocacy team and our Washington, DC, Government Relations Office – speak out on today’s most pressing issues, from advancing women’s health and economic security (including reproductive rights) to fighting antisemitism and hate, to speaking out for a strong, secure Israel.
COVID-19, conflict at the Gaza border and political uncertainty in Israel were on everyone’s mind when we caught up with Brenda Lazoff Menda. Brenda is known for her role in Hadassah’s Puerto Rico chapter: in particular, for her decade-plus commitment to chairing numerous events for the Hadassah Medical Organization, for her leadership as chapter president and for the generous gift made with her husband, Nelson, that enabled them to name the Menda Promenade.
“We made a long commitment, because it has our hearts in it. But we also did it as an example for our kids.”
You’ll need more than two hands to count how many times Jody Comins, 55, has been to Israel. With 25 years of being actively involved in the Boston Jewish community, she has the experience and expertise to thrive as Hadassah’s Evolve Israel Travel chair.
As chair, she oversees three Evolve Hadassah: The Next Generation programs: Momentum partnership trips, Evolve Israel Experience (EIE) and Evolve Leadership Fellows. Jody and her Hadassah volunteer and staff partners have been creating itineraries for EIE and Evolve Leadership Fellows, highly subsidized and curated trips for a select group of Hadassah women.
Dr. Shani Paluch-Shimon helps shape global standards for breast cancer treatments. In addition to her role as director of the Breast Oncology Program at the Hadassah Medical Organization, she is the first Israeli doctor to serve as editor for breast cancer guidelines for the Clinical Practice Committee of the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO).
She's instituted a patient navigator system to help young women through the maze of breast cancer tests, appointments and treatments. “Issues of body image, sexuality and fertility used to be considered peripheral, but they aren’t. We are dedicated to ensuring the best quality of life."
Every action has an impact and every dollar brings us closer to fulfilling our promises to the medical, humanitarian and advocacy efforts we support here in the US, Israel and around the globe.
You want to make an impact? That's what we do. Come put your passion to work, side by side with like-minded women. We Got the Power.
Hadassah women turn Jewish values into action, working to build a healthier, safer and more equitable world. We advocate to advance the health and well-being of women and for Israel’s security and stronger US-Israel relations.
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Hadassah's Inspire Zionism: Tech, Trailblazers and Tattoos symposium, hosted by the Unorthodox podcast’s Stephanie Butnick, examines hot topics in Zionism with Zionist trailblazers of diverse backgrounds and identities.
We're starting off the new year with a new season of the Hadassah On Call podcast! Tune in as two Hadassah experts discuss their approach to childbirth for low-risk physiological deliveries and for women experiencing trauma.
Hadassah doctors save a baby’s ovaries, immediately after birth by cesarean section in a never before done surgery.
The Jerusalem Post reports that Hadassah doctors have discovered a treatment for the unrelenting itching that many cancer patients experience. The discovery attracted international interest at the annual conference of the European Association for Clinical Immunology and Allergy.
Hadassah leader Rhoda Smolow and Hadassah physician Polina Stepensky, who proved that a blood cancer long considered incurable can be treated using genetic engineering, are Jews who are making a difference and inspiring others to do the same, says the Post.
Watch as Hadassah surgeon Dr. Ohad Einav discusses his rare, lifesaving surgery to reattach a boy’s head to his neck to correct his internal decapitation.
The rankings put Hadassah in the company of such leading US medical institutions as the Mayo Clinic, the Cleveland Clinic, Johns Hopkins and New York’s Mount Sinai, as well as top hospital systems around world, like France’s Gustave Roussy and Seoul National University Hospital.
Our newest podcast episode is discussing asthma treatment, causes and triggers with Dr. Joel Reiter, director of the Hadassah Sleep Center and senior pediatric pulmonologist.
A study led by researchers from Hadassah-University Medical Center in Jerusalem found a 90 percent success rate in treating multiple myeloma, the most common type of plasma cell tumor, and putting patients into remission, reports Becker’s.
