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Black and Jewish Moms Unite to Fight Bias in Maternity Care
Ilana Ybgi’s newly launched Crown Heights Birth Justice Project addresses antisemitism and racial bias through the lens of Black Jewish identity.

Ilana Ybgi’s newly launched Crown Heights Birth Justice Project addresses antisemitism and racial bias through the lens of Black Jewish identity.
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Jewish Women Mobilize For Reproductive Rights
Post-Dobbs legal challenges to IVF mark a new front in the fight over reproductive rights, as Hadassah and other Jewish groups push back to protect access to care.

Post-Dobbs legal challenges to IVF mark a new front in the fight over reproductive rights, as Hadassah and other Jewish groups push back to protect
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Hadassah Treats Israel’s Post–October 7 Mental Health Crisis
More than two years after the Nova music festival attacks, Hadassah’s psychologists are still treating a nation gripped by trauma, anxiety and survivor’s guilt

More than two years after the Nova music festival attacks, Hadassah’s psychologists are still treating a nation gripped by trauma, anxiety and survivor’s guilt
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Hadassah Exports Trauma Treatment to Australia
Two days after the Bondi Beach attack, Hadassah psychologist Osnat Goori Mussel was on the ground helping treat the trauma.

Two days after the Bondi Beach attack, Hadassah psychologist Osnat Goori Mussel was on the ground helping treat the trauma.
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How to Become a Health Care Advocate
Women need the tools and language to demand more from a medical system that often asks them to endure suffering quietly or questions their experiences.

Women need the tools and language to demand more from a medical system that often asks them to endure suffering quietly or questions their experiences.
Books
The Jewish Self-Help Books We Desperately Need
A recent wave of books continues the Jewish tradition of turning to spiritual and rabbinical texts for help navigating modern-day challenges.

A recent wave of books continues the Jewish tradition of turning to spiritual and rabbinical texts for help navigating modern-day challenges.
Books
How I Reluctantly Found Purpose as a Cancer Mentor
In an excerpt from her new memoir, ‘The End of My Life Is Killing Me,’ Anabelle Gurwitch sits shiva for the ‘angel’ who helped her navigate lung cancer.

In an excerpt from her new memoir, ‘The End of My Life Is Killing Me,’ Anabelle Gurwitch sits shiva for the ‘angel’ who helped her
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Stories From Hadassah’s Underground Hospitals
As Iranian missiles targeted Jerusalem, patients and staff moved below ground, where care continues amid fear, loss and resilience.

As Iranian missiles targeted Jerusalem, patients and staff moved below ground, where care continues amid fear, loss and resilience.
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Jewish Women Are Leading the Menopause Movement
A long-ignored stage of women’s lives is suddenly in the medical and cultural spotlight.

A long-ignored stage of women’s lives is suddenly in the medical and cultural spotlight.

This generation of moms are feeling overwhelmed, and author Dayna Kurtz has advice for stressed parents can mother themselves.

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Change Leader: Dr. Zeev Rotstein

by Wendy Elliman

Under Dr. Rotstein new projects are in the works at Hadassah, including plans for multidisciplinary centers for cardiovascular disease, oncology and women’s health.

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The Transformation of an Iconic Hadassah Building

by Wendy Elliman

Hadassah's round building, originally constructed for a different medical age, will become a center for specialized medicine.

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The Mystery of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

by Carol Saline

The CDC estimates that 2.5 million Americans have the mysterious, debilitating ailment called ME/CFS (myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome).