Newsletter - March 2022

Hadassah is providing urgent medical care for Ukraine

Hadassah Medical Organization (HMO) is responding swiftly to support Ukraine as the situation unfolds. Read more

We have updated our Vision, Mission and Values

With sincere thanks to Australian Jewish Funders and their CatchaFire initiative, the Board and staff of Hadassah Australia recently undertook a strategic review of our organisational Vision, Mission and Values statements. We felt it was time to update and truly reflect the programs that we love and support, connecting the Australian community with Israel. Read more

Biography chronicles fascinating story of Hadassah's founder

Dvora Hacohen's “To Repair a Broken World: The Life of Henrietta Szold, Founder of Hadassah” is an excellent biography of an extraordinary woman. Read more

A truly wonderful, momentous project

In February 2022, Hadassah Australia announced a milestone funding agreement for the Gandel Rehabilitation Center - Australia’s gift to Jerusalem. It is a wondrous story of hope and impact. Read more

Achotenu is a gift wrapped in love

A 22-year-old nursing student, who wants to contribute to society by helping others, declares, “Achotenu is a gift wrapped in love.” Inspired by the impact of the Hadassah-Achotenu Ethiopian Israeli Scholarships in Health Program, Israel’s First Lady, Michal Herzog, honoured graduates and students at a special event she hosted at Beit HaNassi. Read more

Support from Israeli Ambassador

Hadassah Australia President Ron Finkel AM, and Executive Director, Ruth Rosen, recently welcomed the newly arrived Israeli Ambassador to Australia, Amir Maimon. Read more

Goshen at the forefront - Positive Parenting

As a cornerstone project for Hadassah Australia, Goshen’s approach has become widely recognized as making a real difference to early childhood development and children’s wellbeing in Israel. Goshen’s current focus on positive parenting is providing support and reaching more people across the country. Read more

World-Renowned Keynotes – 2nd International Conference on Trauma and Mental Health

Hadassah Australia is proudly co-hosting the 2nd International Conference on Trauma and Mental Health in Jerusalem in September 2022. Keynote speakers and presenters will explore issues of people in ongoing conflict zones, refugees and displaced people as well as people affected by the COVID pandemic. Read more

Thank you, Lynda and Elise – your support is making a difference

We honour and celebrate those generous supporters who share their joyous occasions with friends and family by making a gift to Hadassah Australia programs. We are enormously proud and grateful! Read more

Driftwood - The Musical

We are delighted to share an announcement that will no doubt be of interest to our audience. Many of us have a connection to the family through Mt Scopus tennis with sports teacher Eva Duldig, and we look forward to the success of the musical telling her parents’ story. Read more

Latest

Hadassah Nurse in Ukraine reflects: Making a Difference on my birthday

Janna Raikhelgauz, born in Kyiv and now a nurse at Hadassah Hospital, left to participate in a humanitarian mission at the Hadassah refugee clinic on the Ukrainian-Polish border, where every day, the Hadassah team assists hundreds of Ukrainian citizens fleeing the fighting and requiring medical attention. “On the second day of our mission in Poland, I celebrated my 29th birthday."
Cardiologist has heart attack at Hadassah while escorting friend

Dr. Benjamin Mazouz, a 70-year-old cardiologist, was at Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital keeping a friend company when he suddenly had a heart attack. He woke up in the Irma and Paul Milstein Heart Center after having undergone cardiac catheterization.
Story of Elena and her children, Refugees from Ukraine

Elena fled Ukraine for safety in Poland, along with her 13-year-old twins and her 15-year-old son, Daniel, who has non-verbal autism. She says that they fled their home city of Kharkiv “at the last moment.”
Reaching out to Ukrainian refugees one by one

In Poland, Hadassah staff are now scheduling regular visits to refugee centres, hostels, and even private homes that are hosting Ukrainian refugee families.

Starting again at age 70: surgeon joins Hadassah’s neurosurgery team

At age 70, many professionals are thinking about settling down. When Prof Andrew Kaye moved from Australia to Israel at age 70, he became Hadassah's director of Neurosurgery Resident Training, and he hasn't looked back.
Shana Tova

As we approach Rosh Hashanah (New Year) and Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement), there has never been a more important time to reach out to family and friends. We wish them l’shana tovah u’metukah, a good and sweet year, and g’mar chatima tovah, to acknowledge the traditional belief that a person’s fate for the coming year is written on Rosh Hashanah and sealed on Yom Kippur. [Read more]
Hadassah's Emergency Operation Treating Ukraine's Refugees

Hadassah's Humanitarian Mission in Poland is treating refugees fleeing the war raging in Ukraine.
New successful Aortic Aneurysm treatment breakthrough

A senior interventional cardiologist at Hadassah Medical Organization, Dr. Planer has played a key role in developing a new exploratory method of treating aortic arch aneurysms, a life-threatening condition with limited therapeutic options.
Staff
Two problems, one solution

Hadassah-Achotenu’s Nursing Scholarship in Health are closing Israel’s nursing gap and providing a career path for disadvantaged Ethiopian-Israelis.
Hadassah — More Than a Hospital

Consistent with its philosophy of equal treatment and employment opportunities, the doors to Hadassah Hospital are open to everyone, irrespective of race, religion, nationality, gender or financial status, be they staff, patients or their families.
Second International Conference on Trauma and Mental Health

Explore the key issues faced by psychologists, psychiatrists, GPs, social workers, counsellors and others dealing with patients or clients affected by adversity and trauma.
Early childhood development - Goshen

The Goshen Project was initiated by Hadassah Australia and is based on the pioneering work of Professor Frank Oberklaid, which seeks to address the treatment of chronic illnesses among children as well as developmental and behavioural problems.
Gandel Rehabilitation Center

Be a part of this once-in-a-generation opportunity to bring hope, recovery and improved quality of life to thousands of people across Israel who need rehabilitation due to disease, illness or injury.