The doctors and nurses at Hadassah Hospital are caring, compassionate and professional—although it’s hard to get used to a team approaching you in full protective gear.

Three days ago, we found out that a member of our community was diagnosed with coronavirus. Hours after that, our entire congregation—including me, my husband and children—was quarantined.

Some couples elect to use a surrogate in a final effort to birth a genetic child after other methods have failed. But there are Jewish complexities to surrogacy.

I asked myself whether we could attempt to be a “family” without children? Had we only gotten married to procreate?

Hadassah-trained Dr. Hananel Holzer, one of the world’s leading fertility preservation specialists, helps oncology patients retain their ability to have children.

Ultimately, IVF is much like a difficult birth. If you remembered all the pain, you’d be hard-pressed to do it again.

Rehabilitation 'is an optimistic field,' and Hadassah's department restores the ability to function to patients as well as helps them live and cope with disabilities.

It takes innovation—and love—to navigate the obstacles and discrimination that come with mothering as a person with a disability.