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Marching Through Jerusalem
Please enjoy our coverage of From Dream to Innovation: Hadassah’s Milestone Mission, when participants toured Israel and took to the streets to support Hadassah.

Please enjoy our coverage of From Dream to Innovation: Hadassah’s Milestone Mission, when participants toured Israel and took to the streets to support Hadassah.
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The Pioneering Women of Zionism
An updated anthology of classic Zionist texts acknowledges the influence of women like Golda Meir and Naomi Shemer as well as Hadassah’s early leaders.

An updated anthology of classic Zionist texts acknowledges the influence of women like Golda Meir and Naomi Shemer as well as Hadassah leaders.
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Hadassah on the Boardwalk
Hadassah celebrated many of its early conventions in seaside Atlantic City, including its 25th anniversary convention in 1937. Enjoy this photo album of “vintage” Hadassah as you scroll down memory lane.

Enjoy this photo album of “vintage” Hadassah in Atlantic City as you scroll down memory lane.
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Premonition of Hope: Hadassah Members Recall 1967
Fifty years ago, our readers were new mothers, students at Hebrew University and the Weizmann institute, college kids in America and young girls about the celebrate their bat mitzvah. Here, they look back at the Six-Day War while renewing their commitment to Jerusalem, Hadassah and tikkun olam.

Fifty years ago, our readers were new mothers, students at Hebrew University, college kids in America and young girls about the celebrate their bat mitzvah.

Commentary: One Day, One Hospital, One Nation

When I was little, my mother told me that she would always remember where she was when she heard that President Franklin Roosevelt had died.

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Builders and Cooks: The Hadassah Palate

by Joan Nathan

Although I can’t remember when I first heard the name Hadassah, my real interest in the Women’s Zionist Organization of America started in my midtwenties

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Books: Hadassah, Through Feminist and Zionist Lenses

by Roselyn Bell

Just in time for Hadassah’s 100th birthday, two academic presses have released in-depth appraisals of the significant roles played by Hadassah in American Jewish and

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Beginnings: A Confluence of Forces

by Alan M. Tigay

In hindsight, history always looks inevitable. When we look at Hadassah’s 100-year saga, we see the linear version, showing the founding meeting at Temple Emanu-El

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A Tale of Two Stories: The Hadassah Century

by Pamela S. Nadell

If the Hadassah century had a scrapbook, its first page would show women gathered on February 24, 1912, shortly before Purim, to found an organization

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Candles in the Window: Where Memory Never Runs Out

by Gloria Goldreich

Flames in thick, squat glass tumblers flickered on the kitchen counter of my Brooklyn home as my mother, the designated keeper of our extended family’s

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President’s Column: It’s All in the Family

by Marcie Natan

In the movie Calendar Girls, Helen Mirren leads a group of Yorkshire women who decide to donate a sofa to the cancer ward of a local

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Inside Hadassah: Stamp of Approval

by Nancy Falchuk

Throughout 100 years of service, Hadassah women have remained steadfast in their commitment to building Israel and in their dedication to the healing of its

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