Hadassah

Hadassah

HADASSAH

Jewish women's philanthropic organization.

The largest Jewish women's organization in the United States, Hadassah was founded by Henrietta Szold and fifteen other women on 24 February 1912. Its stated purpose was to foster Zionist ideals through education in America and to begin public-health and nursing training in Palestine. In Hebrew, the word hadassah means myrtle, a hardy plant used to bind and enrich the soil.

In 1913, Hadassah sent two nurses to Jerusalem to set up a maternity and eye clinic. This was the beginning of its continuing involvement in the medical care of the people of Palestine. In 1939, the RothschildHadassah University Hospital, the first teaching hospital in Palestine, opened atop Mount Scopus in Jerusalem. During the ArabIsrael War of 1948, Mount Scopus was designated a demilitarized zone. The hospital was evacuated, and a new center was built in Jewish Jerusalem. After the ArabIsrael War of 1967, the Mount Scopus center reverted to Jewish control.

Hadassah has more than 1,500 chapters, with over 385,000 members and 22,000 associates (male members). Its activities support the Hadassah medical center in Jerusalem and other philanthropic activities in Israel.

See also arabisrael war (1948); arabisrael war (1967); szold, henrietta.


Bibliography

Baum, Charlotte; Hyman, Paula; and Michel, Sonya. The Jewish Woman in America. New York: Dial, 1976.

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Hadassah

Hadassah women's Zionist organization of the United States founded (1912) by Henrietta Szold . It has done important work in Israel in medical service, child welfare, and aid to refugees. Hadassah provides major support for the medical school of Hebrew Univ. and most of the budget for Youth Aliyah, the organization that transports children and youths to Israel and supports them there. Hadassah's principal activities in the United States are educational and charitable work.

Bibliography: See study by M. Levin (1973).

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Hadassah. The women's Zionist organization of America. According to its constitution, Hadassah is dedicated to ‘the ideals of Judaism, Zionism, American democracy, healing, teaching and medical research’. It was founded in the USA early in the 20th cent.

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Hadassah

Hadassah ♀ Hebrew form of Esther, which is the Persian form of the name. (See Esther 2:7.) This form is now sometimes chosen as a modern Jewish given name.

Short form: Dassah.

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Hadassah , in the Bible, Hebrew name of Esther .

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