News from Our Units
9-Apr-2010
The BHF Bank, one of Germany’s foremost private banks, in cooperation with the German Israeli Association (DIG), hosted an art auction this winter in Berlin on behalf of Hadassah Germany and the Hadassah Medical Center, featuring the Masada series of paintings by renowned German artist, Frank Rödel.
24-Mar-2010
Hadassah United Kingdom’s trustees were delighted to welcome Mayor of Jerusalem Nir Barkat to London on March 23 to share his vision for Jerusalem’s future with UK supporters. The Mayor noted that Hadassah sits squarely in the center of that vision.
7-Mar-2010
Young Hadassah Holland kicked off 2010 with a mailing to its supporters, generating over 10,000 euros for the new Young Hadassah International fundraising project: renovation of the Pediatrics Department at Hadassah Hospital on Mount Scopus.
6-Mar-2010
During a chilly day in January, Hadassah Germany's Munich Committee gathered in the Pedestrian Zone to sell German “Thueringer” hot-dog specialties, raising 6,000 euros in 3 days for the Hadassah Medical Center!
6-Mar-2010
Hadassah France took the opportunity to introduce the Hadassah mission to the people of Charenton, a suburb of Paris, by hosting a presentation at its Village Hall in February.
6-Mar-2010
Over 500 people learned about the Hadassah Medical Center’s humanity and state-of- the-art medicine and research during Hadassah Mexico’s February Breast Cancer Awareness Week. With Hadassah’s Breast Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist Dr. Ilana Kadmon as featured speaker, 30,000 dollars was raised to support the Hadassah Medical Center as well as local projects including mammograms for disadvantaged women and financial help to a local child in need of a bone marrow transplant.
5-Mar-2010
Hadassah Cuba hosted a community forum about the H1N1 epidemic in December, with Epidemiologist Lizette Perez as keynote speaker.
5-Mar-2010
Prince Alexander zu Schaumburg-Lippe, member of Hadassah Germany's Board of Governors, hosted a party at his Castle Bueckeburg in celebration of his birthday and asked his 200 guests from the German aristocracy, politics, and public life to make donations in lieu of personal gifts to one of two Israeli charities—Hadassah being one.
6-Jan-2010
Progress in the treatment of multiple sclerosis and macular degeneration was highlighted by Prof. Benjamin Reubinoff, Director of the Hadassah Medical Center’s Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research Center, during Hadassah Australia's Stem Cell Week, November 16 - 18, 2009. Hadassah Australia hosted multiple seminars in Melbourne, Perth, and Sydney with the goal of educating both professionals and lay people on the issues that surround the use of stem cells in research and treatment of disease and injury.
6-Jan-2010
Physicians from Israel will have the opportunity to study with renowned specialists from Monash University’s Immunology and Stem Cell Laboratories and the Hadassah University Medical Center’s Department of Neurology, thanks to the establishment of the Eva and Les Erdi AUSiMED Fellowship in Neurological Diseases.
