News from Our Units
30-Oct-2008
Lieb Woolf, the grandfather of Harold Woolf, President of Hadassah Australia in Sydney, was born in Palestine in 1864, and was instrumental in the creation of a hospital, later run by Hadassah!
7-Oct-2008
Hadassah France hosted an opening night theatre performance of the musical comedy, Les Aventures de Rabbi Jacob (The Adventures of Rabbi Jacob), together with WIZO-France. Over 3700 people attended and €200,000 were raised for the Hadassah Medical Center’s new Stroke Center of Excellence.
7-Oct-2008
The Mexican Jewish communities of Monterrey and Mexico City warmly welcomed Hadassah Medical Center Director General Prof. Shlomo Mor-Yosef and Hadassah International volunteers and staff in September, proving eager to learn more about the work of Hadassah and to explore the potential for collaborations between Hadassah and medical institutions in their home cities.
8-Sep-2008
Appearing at the Hadassah Medical Center session at the Hadassah USA 2008 national convention in July, two dynamic young leaders from Hadassah Panama told the story of their unit’s creation and spiraling success, to the enthusiastic admiration of the 2,000 delegates.
25-Aug-2008
Following the launch of the Australia Israel Medical Research Fund, AusIMed, in Melbourne, Dr. Yair Birnbaum, Associate Director General of the Hadassah University Medical Center, went on to promote Hadassah awareness in another of Hadassah Australia’s “hometowns”--Perth, Western Australia. In an editorial following Dr. Birnbaum’s visit, the editor of the local weekly Jewish newspaper, The Maccabean, noted: “In a crazy world, Hadassah is an island of sanity, working for peace through medicine. And if gold medals are being awarded, they are truly deserving.”
25-Aug-2008
With the goal of enhancing knowledge of Israel beyond the Middle East conflict, the family of the late Valda Knight, past president of Hadassah New Zealand, has established the Valda Knight Memorial Scholarship to enable an individual to spend two to three weeks in Israel in professional development and personal enrichment, getting to know one of the world’s leading research and teaching hospitals—the Hadassah Medical Center.
25-Aug-2008
Distinguished Donor Profile: Lady Marion `Davis and the Guardian Trust, New Zealand
11-Aug-2008
Tapping into ingenuity and community connections, Hadassah Australia created AusIMed—the Australia Israel Medical Research Fund—to support clinical collaboration and bilateral research between the Hadassah Medical Center and high-level hospitals in Australia. AusIMed was launched at a gala dinner on July 29, in coordination with the Australian Ministry of Health and the State Zionist Council of Victoria.
27-Jun-2008
HE Tamar Samash, recently appointed Ambassador of Israel to Belgium and Luxembourg, chose Hadassah as the first organization to be hosted for a fundraising event in her residence.
27-Jun-2008
In the presence of Hadassah Medical Center Director General Prof. Shlomo Mor-Yosef and Associate Director General Dr. Yair Birnbaum, Hadassah Switzerland-Geneva held an elegant fundraising dinner and auction at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Philippe Amon, major supporters of the Sarah Wetsman Davidson Tower Campaign, who had recently visited the Hadassah Medical Center.
