Hadassah is lifechanging. For those we heal and for those who help.
We advance healthcare, drive medical innovation, foster community, empower women and youth, stand with Israel and combat hate and antisemitism. This is what makes Hadassah essential — its impact echoing across lives, communities and the wider world.
patients served annually
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graduates of Youth Aliyah villages since 1934
activities and events across the country
clinical trials at Hadassah hospitals a year
"I promise to bring fewer guests when I turn 90."
Ami Kolombus celebrated his 80th birthday at Hadassah Hospital Mount Scopus, where he’s treated for cystic fibrosis, long considered a grave pediatric lung disease.
"There is no greater joy than telling parents their child is well after a successful surgery.”
Dr. Guy Hidas, director of the Pediatric Urology Unit at Hadassah Hospital Ein Kerem, one of the leading units in Israel for treatment of congenital abnormalities of the urinary and genital tracts, operated on a 5-month-old child to save his kidney.
“I don’t think that I would be the same person that I am today if I didn’t get the tools that Meir Shfeyah gave me.”
Liz Matzkina’s time at a Hadassah-supported Youth Aliyah village prepared her to thrive as an IDF medic, Hadassah nursing program student and now a nurse at Hadassah Hospital Ein Kerem.
“As much as I do for Hadassah, I get back so much more: friendship, purpose, connection and the chance to truly make a difference.”
Debbie Knight, Hadassah Board member and co-coordinator of Hadassah’s Member Outreach & Engagement Division, is inspired by a belief in people, possibility and what happens when women are encouraged to step forward.
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