by SBlumenkranz | Jun 16, 2021 | Blog
The Hadassah Foundation launches its newly designed website After months of hard work, we are delighted to officially launch a site that is user friendly and uniquely designed. The aim of the site is to clearly articulate what The Hadassah Foundation accomplishes and...
by SBlumenkranz | Dec 27, 2020 | Blog
The idea for the pilot of the Jewish Communal Women’s Leadership Project stemmed in part from needs that were heard at JWI’s Jewish Women’s Leadership Conference, pictured above. (Photo courtesy of JWI) To date, 70 percent of Jewish communal...
by SBlumenkranz | Dec 15, 2020 | Blog
CWJ Attorney Adiya Shvartz (right) and Katya Kupchik (left) from Generation 1.5, an organization that represents young, Russian speaking Israelis. This picture was taken in August 2020, after CWJ and Generation 1.5 jointly submitted a petition to grant...
by SBlumenkranz | Nov 30, 2020 | Blog
In March 2020, The Israel National Security Council (NSC) appointed 23 experts to the Coronavirus Committee charged with developing the national exit strategy from lockdown, of which not one appointed expert was a woman. Two grantee partners, Itach...
by SBlumenkranz | Sep 23, 2020 | Blog
By Sue Beller, Board Chair, and Stephanie Blumenkranz, Director “The Jewish religion is an ethical religion. That is, we are taught to do right, to love mercy, do justice, not because there’s going to be any reward in heaven or punishment in hell. We live...
by SBlumenkranz | Jun 25, 2020 | Blog
By Lonye Rasch, Board AlumnaWith a dramatic increase in calls to Israel’s domestic abuse hotlines since the COVID-19 pandemic took hold, the Hadassah Foundation quickly launched a COVID-19 Response Fund, Co-Chaired by Tracey Spiegelman and Audrey Weiner, to help the...
