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Highlights from HF@25

Highlights from HF@25

Since 1999, the Hadassah Foundation has awarded $12 million in grants to more than 100 organizations, improving the lives of over four million people. On December 9, we took a moment to celebrate during HF@25: A Jewish Experience of Gender Justice. Below is a video of Debra Messing (courtesy of @therealdebramessing on Instagram) accepting the Hadassah Foundation's Honor of Esther Award, ...

Dr. Joan Leiman with founding board member Janice Weinman Shorenstein. (Shulamit Photo & Video)

Meet Dr. Joan M. Leiman, Our Inaugural Dvorah Award Recipient

Meet Dr. Joan M. Leiman, Our Inaugural Dvorah Award Recipient

At the Hadassah Foundation's 25th Anniversary celebration, HF@25: A Jewish Experience of Gender Justice, in New York City on December 9, founding board member Dr. Joan Leiman accepted the Foundation's first-ever Dvorah Award for Distinguished Board Alumnae. The award celebrates the invaluable contributions of a Hadassah Foundation past board member and recognizes an individual who has helped ...

Hadassah Foundation officers Roni Schwartz, Ellen Steinberg, Mindy Bloom, Audrey Weiner, and Edith Ginsberg with founding board member Dr. Joan M. Leiman. (Shulamit Photo & Video)

One Night and 25 Years of Advancing Gender Equity — With Much More Ahead

One Night and 25 Years of Advancing Gender Equity — With Much More Ahead

We are grateful to everyone who made HF@25: A Jewish Experience of Gender Justice such a meaningful and inspiring event: Our honorees Debra Messing and Dr. Joan M. Leiman Grant recipients Moving Traditions, the Eden Association, Israel Women's Network, and Forum Dvorah. Sponsors, current and past board members, staff, and the many people -- including grant recipients, partner ...
Digital Journal for HF@25

Digital Journal for HF@25

We are grateful to everyone who made HF@25: A Jewish Experience of Gender Justice such a meaningful and inspiring event: Our honorees Debra Messing and Dr. Joan M. Leiman Grant recipients Moving Traditions, the Eden Association, Israel Women’s Network, and Forum Dvorah. Sponsors, current and past board members, staff, and the many people — including grant recipients, partner ...

Yuliya Levit Photography for jGirls+ Magazine

Meet Our 2024 Core U.S. Grant Recipients

Meet Our 2024 Core U.S. Grant Recipients

The Hadassah Foundation is pleased to announce three newly awarded grants to US.-based organizations that strengthen the leadership capacity and role of self-identifying women and girls. The following organizations are recipients of a Core Grant, which is a grant of $80,000 paid out over a three-year grant cycle: Fuente Latina, a nonprofit and nonpartisan media organization engaging and ...

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Highlights from HF@25

Highlights from HF@25

Meet Dr. Joan M. Leiman, Our Inaugural Dvorah Award Recipient

Meet Dr. Joan M. Leiman, Our Inaugural Dvorah Award Recipient

One Night and 25 Years of Advancing Gender Equity — With Much More Ahead

One Night and 25 Years of Advancing Gender Equity — With Much More Ahead

Digital Journal for HF@25

Digital Journal for HF@25

Meet Our 2024 Core U.S. Grant Recipients

Meet Our 2024 Core U.S. Grant Recipients

Debra Messing to Accept Hadassah Foundation Award on Dec. 9

Debra Messing to Accept Hadassah Foundation Award on Dec. 9

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