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Videos
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Tune in to Hadassah Magazine Presents wherever you get your favorite podcasts.

Tune in to Hadassah Magazine Presents wherever you get your favorite podcasts.
The Jewish Traveler
Summertime in Graz and Salzburg
Schvitz your way through Austria’s charming old towns speckled with restored synagogues and classical music.

Schvitz your way through Austria’s charming old towns speckled with restored synagogues and classical music.
Arts
Idina Menzel Dishes on ‘Redwood’ and Jewish Ethics
The Tony award-winning actor and singer is now starring in what may be the most positive Jewish play on Broadway in decades.

The Tony award-winning actor and singer is now starring in what may be the most positive Jewish play on Broadway in decades.
Israeli Scene
‘Let the Truth Come Out’
Some families of female observer soldiers murdered by Hamas are not just grieving—they’re angry. And they demand accountability for October 7.

Some families of female observer soldiers murdered by Hamas are not just grieving—they’re angry. And they demand accountability for October 7.
Food
An Ethiopian ‘Mouthful’ From Beejhy Barhany
The chef and owner of Tsion Cafe views ‘Gursha,’ her new cookbook, as a vehicle to extol the virtues of Beta-Israel’s cuisine to a wider audience.

The chef and owner of Tsion Cafe views ‘Gursha,’ her new cookbook, as a vehicle to extol the virtues of Beta-Israel’s cuisine to a wider
American View
The Era of the Jewish Gun Club
Alarmed by rising antisemitism, there is a growing trend of Jews who are considering what might have been unthinkable just a few years ago—bearing arms.

Alarmed by rising antisemitism, there is a growing trend of Jews who are considering what might have been unthinkable just a few years ago—bearing arms.
Health + Medicine
Israel, America and ADHD
Why are rates of the disorder skyrocketing in both countries? Israeli researchers have some theories.

Why are rates of the disorder skyrocketing in both countries? Israeli researchers have some theories.

Henrietta Szold’s Story, From the Granddaughter of Her Lost Love

Filmmaker Abby Ginzberg, whose grandfather was Louis Ginzberg, discusses her highly personal documentary of Hadassah’s founder.

Health + Medicine

When Hadassah’s NICUs Went Underground

by Barbara Sofer

During the recent war with Iran, newborns and premature infants were among the patients moved to underground hospital floors at HMO.

Crossword Puzzle

South to the Sunshine State

by Jonathan Schmalzbach

From Jacksonville to Key West, from local politicians to beloved sitcom characters, our latest crossword puzzle is a tribute to Jewish Florida.

Hadassah

Generations Have Followed in Henrietta Szold’s Footsteps

by Carol Ann Schwartz

More than a century on, study groups remain a hallmark of the Hadassah ethos.

Books

Review: ‘Misophonia’

by Robert Nagler Miller

First published in Germany in 2023, this coming-of-age story is a debut from 20-something Dana Vowinckel, who hails from a self-described American-Jewish-German family in Berlin.