For all that the fight against sexual misconduct in Israel resonates with what is happening in the United States, core differences exist between the two countries.

Hadassah's liver unit treats 7,000 people each year. With expanded facilities, it can treat even more patients suffering from ailments in this all-important organ.

At the Hadassah School, Hadassah’s youngest patients study cooking, art, reading—and conflict resolution.

Dr. Dina Ben-Yehuda, first female dean of Hadassah's school of medicine, tempers enthusiasm for technological changes in medicine with a belief in the importance of empathy.

By the early 1970s, Israeli-trained African doctors were heading medical departments and Health Ministry divisions in a dozen African nations.

Hadassah’s ophthalmology department was the country’s first eye center. It laid the foundations for Israel’s clinical and academic ophthalmic care.

There are some 420 million diabetics worldwide, a number that, according to the World Health Organization, is linked to an annual 3.7 million deaths.

From bedpan to bedside, the revolution in nursing in Israel was driven by science, women’s rights and Hadassah.