And a mitzvah-exemption for Jewish women.

Eyal Kashi, the head of security, stresses to his team that they’re safeguarding a hospital, not a shopping mall: ‘Everything you do needs to be tempered with compassion.’

'Leaving behind all that was familiar to move to Israel was, perhaps, the hardest thing we’ve ever done, but it was also one of the most rewarding.'

Now’s the time to explore the country with Hadassah.

'Summer may be a season of escape for many, but at Hadassah, we don’t abandon our mission or our watchtowers in July and August.'

Holocaust survivors’ needs continue to inform the burgeoning fields of aging and trauma. 

Given our history of loss, it’s hard for Jews to trust change. But our tradition teaches us to have faith in it.

Teaching yoga in Israel, writes Jennifer Lang, 'forces me to summon my inner warrior and reminds me of the quintessential and admirable Israeli life-must-go-on stoicism.'