Just as we look at the approaching holidays as occasions for communal bonding, we experience anew the solidarity that is the strongest thread of Jewish continuity.

At Hadassah, we are concentrated on restoring as much as possible of what was lost in October. We are building, literally and figuratively.

Just as Israel protects all Jewish life, it is our duty and privilege to act as sentinels to defend Israel—by showing up. 

My term as Hadassah national president began with a global pandemic and ends with Israel at war.

Rhoda Smolow writes her final magazine column as Hadassah’s national president.

Killing Jews is still possible, but not without consequences. Today, we have a nation and an army—and hospitals and friends around the world who support us.

During the war and its aftermath, 527 critically wounded soldiers were treated by the Hadassah Medical Organization; all but eight of them survived.

In Israel, your neighbor may vote for a different party, speak a different language, make more noise than necessary—or become your patient, surgeon or kidney donor.