Hadassah Foundation Celebrates 25 Years
The Hadassah Foundation celebrates its 25th anniversary with a new look and a continuing focus on empowering women, addressing gender-based violence, and increasing female political representation.
We believe we can and must do all we can to advance justice and healing.
We’ve been defying the odds for more than a century, creating new leadership roles for women, sustaining a vibrant Jewish state and paving the way for a pioneering health care system that saves lives every day. We are the power of women who do.
And we believe that each of us has the power to heal our world, to take action, to make an impact.
We hope you do, too. Join us.
Every day, Hadassah brings healing to the people who need it most.
Our chapters host health and wellness events in hundreds of communities around the United States, giving individuals tools to live longer, healthier lives. Hadassah’s hospitals in Israel bring care to a million patients a year, and advance cutting-edge research and treatments, including against COVID-19. And our advocates work to expand access to health care in the US and stronger US-Israel medical partnerships.
Hadassah is the address for women’s empowerment and for the empowerment of Zionist women.
At Hadassah, Israel is in our DNA. Our US programs advance a deeper understanding and connection to Israel – for adults and young Jews. Our advocacy supports Israel’s security and a strong US-Israel relationship. And our hospitals and youth programs in Israel create a better future, regardless of religion, ethnicity or race.
Hadassah believes that when we empower women, we can heal our world, together. As America’s largest Jewish women’s organization, we have members in every congressional district who – in conjunction with our national advocacy team and our Washington, DC, Government Relations Office – speak out on today’s most pressing issues, from advancing women’s health and economic security (including reproductive rights) to fighting antisemitism and hate, to speaking out for a strong, secure Israel.
Every action has an impact and every dollar brings us closer to fulfilling our promises to the medical, humanitarian and advocacy efforts we support here in the US, Israel and around the globe.
You want to make an impact? That's what we do. Come put your passion to work, side by side with like-minded women. We Got the Power.
Hadassah women turn Jewish values into action, working to build a healthier, safer and more equitable world. We advocate to advance the health and well-being of women and for Israel’s security and stronger US-Israel relations.
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The Hadassah Foundation celebrates its 25th anniversary with a new look and a continuing focus on empowering women, addressing gender-based violence, and increasing female political representation.
The Jerusalem Post reports on Hadassah’s second annual list of “18 American Zionist Women You Should Know” and quotes Hadassah’s national president, Carol Ann Schwartz: “These women will help see us through the current crisis and shape the future of Zionism and Israel.”
Like today's Zionism itself, Hadassah’s 2024 list of “18 American Zionist Women You Should Know” is nothing if not diverse. “These women will help see us through the current crisis and shape the future of Zionism," says Carol Ann Schwartz, Hadassah's national president.
Hadassah national president Carol Ann Schwartz was the only Jewish leader quoted in a Reuters story about President Biden’s May 7 antisemitism speech. Reuters notes that Hadassah is “a women's Zionist organization that has been consulted by the White House.”
Hadassah Hospital Ein Kerem welcomed the first patients into its reimagined Round Building. The building provides space for some of Israel’s most cutting-edge medical care and top experts and will include an additional 200 beds as well as the modernization of 17 operating rooms.
Hadassah National President Carol Ann Schwartz said that by not directly attributing the sexual violence committed on October 7 to Hamas, the UN is failing Israeli women and telling terrorists they will not be held accountable for their actions.