by SBlumenkranz | Dec 29, 2019 | Grantee, leadership
321 Jewish girls from nine countries and 34 US states have their voices heard and matter.Women only account for 30 percent of the leadership of Jewish communal organizations and produce less than one-third of the news media. To help change these statistics, space had...
by SBlumenkranz | Dec 26, 2019 | Grantee, Israel, politics
A Haredi political party in Israel removes restrictions to women running for office. Itach Maaki members celebrate the landmark decision.The Haredi (Ultra-Orthodox) political party Agudat Yisrael, had a clause in their party’s charter that prevented women from joining...
by SBlumenkranz | Dec 23, 2019 | Grantee, Israel, leadership
250 Israeli Jewish and Arab teens come together to discuss pressing issues impacting their lives. Jewish and Arab high school girls in Israel often live in close proximity, yet they are not afforded the opportunity to get to know one another. Thanks to grantee...
by SBlumenkranz | Dec 18, 2019 | Board, Education
Post by Rebecca BarabasOn December 10, 2019, Hadassah Foundation Board Members and guests were privileged to speak with Abby Stein, author of the recently published memoir Becoming Eve: My Journey from Ultra-Orthodox Rabbi to Transgender Woman. Abby spoke with the...
by SBlumenkranz | Jun 10, 2019 | Blog
By Sue Beller, Boar ChairThe below post is the D’var Torah given by Board Chair Sue Beller at the recent Board of Directors Meeting on June 3-4,2019. One of the special things about the Hadassah Foundation is that we work within a Jewish framework deriving...
