I arrived with two friends at one of my favorite Jerusalem restaurants just as I always did—unannounced. But instead of being ushered immediately to a

During Hadassah’s July convention in Hollywood, Florida, a hotel staff member told me in an elevator that he had been in the auditorium during several sessions and

Jack Benny and Henrietta Szold Did Jack Benny ever meet Henrietta Szold? Not likely, although this photograph seems to suggest that they did meet. On

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Maybe it was because it had been two long years since delegates had seen one another at a full-scale Hadassah convention. Or maybe it was

A Side Trip I was hoping to find mention in “The Jewish Traveler: Zikhron Ya’akov” (June/July issue) of the Meir Shfeyah Youth Aliyah Village located

The season is changing and the New Year is right around the corner. And so is the time for setting new paths and purposes. As

There is always serious work at a Hadassah convention, but delegates often leave feeling they have been on vacation, or at a spiritual retreat. Over