In 1987, on the eve of a summit between President Ronald Reagan and Premier Mikhail Gorbachev, 250,000 people marched on Washington in solidarity with Soviet Jewry.

Juggling objectives and crises is certainly a constant theme in the Hadassah story.

Channeling gratitude for Covid-19 vaccine trials, the rebirth of an ancient species of date palm and groundbreaking research into breast cancer—all at Hadassah.

At Rosh Hashanah, the shofar calling us to gather together reminds us of the new forms of assembly we have developed during the pandemic.

The best way to honor the triumph of women’s suffrage is to act as if it happened not 100 years ago but yesterday: go vote.

For all the loss of life, for all the stress we have seen and felt these many months, I’m sure we will hold on to our 2020 inspiration.

Critical steps forward in America’s response not only to anti-Semitism, but to hate based on race, faith, ethnicity, gender or sexual orientation.

Like the passage through Sinai, we are on a journey that will define our era and alter history. But we will get through it.