We are proud to announce our seven Simon Rockower Awards, the annual prizes handed out by the American Jewish Press Association.

Lurie joined Hadassah Magazine in 1947, overseeing the publication’s transition from a newsletter to a magazine and was the first professional journalist to head the operation.

We are thrilled to share news of our 2015 Rockower Awards!

Purim was never one of my favorite holidays—until I became a feminist. And now, as the new executive editor of this magazine, I am again reexamining the holiday.

Scratch yesterday and you will often find today just below the surface. It’s easy to link the 150th anniversary of the end of the Civil

Remembrances from longtime writers and contributors to Hadassah Magazine, including covering the miraculous operations that brought Jews from the Soviet Union and Ethiopia to Israel.

For much of 1917, Palestine was in limbo. Ottoman authorities had expelled non-Turkish citizens, including many Jewish residents and most foreign aid workers. Between America’s