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Sponsored Two Doctors Find Common Cause: Turning Victims Into Survivors
By Dina Kraft Every time Dr. Dvora Bauman and Dr. Moshira Aboo Dia are alerted about a new patient waiting to be met at the Bat Ami Center for Victims of Sexual Abuse at the Hadassah Medical Organization, the women brace themselves. Because at a rape crisis center, every case is a difficult case. And…
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Sponsored Sponsored: Destigmatizing Infertility, Expanding Access To Treatment
By Ruth Ann Freedman As Rosh Hashanah approaches, suddenly it seems like pomegranates are everywhere, the seeds symbolizing the 613 mitzvot and fertility. Yet the commandment “to be fruitful and multiply” (Genesis 1:28) is far easier for some families than others. When I was 18 years old, I was diagnosed with polycystic ovarian syndrome. I…
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Sponsored Around the U.S., Standing Up for Reproductive Choice on the National Day of Action
On Tuesday, women’s health advocates across the political spectrum sent a loud and clear message in support of reproductive rights during the National Day of Action. In every state around the country, according to USA Today’s count, there were more than 450 events, a rapid-response mobilization sponsored by dozens of national organizations, including Hadassah. “They’re…
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Sponsored Pushing Forward a Vision for Women’s Health
By Ellen Hershkin “Self-care” is the buzzword of the moment for women, but what does it really mean when women’s health disparities in America have elicited a growing alarm among the public, and policymakers? Women need real tools to help navigate their own health, from education, to apps, to community resources. But the burden and…
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Sponsored Connecting The Dots This Passover: Women & Philanthropy
Each year, we recount the story of Passover and, within it, a heroic moment of lifesaving, one with ripple effects of epic proportions — including the redemption of the Jewish people. It’s a game-changing moment, an act of bravery that defined the Jewish people and made the Exodus and our shared history possible. Our hero,…
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Sponsored Swastikas in Playgrounds? The Signs Are Clear — It’s Time to Act.
“Are swastikas in playgrounds the new normal?” tweeted a New York City Councilman. Twice in three days late last month, swastikas and other anti-Semitic graffiti were found in New York playgrounds — in Brooklyn and Queens, among the most ethnically diverse urban areas in the world. On the first Monday of March, across the country…
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Sponsored We Still Have Work To Do.
By Rabbi Rebecca Sirbu 2018 was the “Year of the Woman.” More women were elected to Congress than ever before. The #MeToo and #TimesUp movements continued to bring issues of sexual harassment and gender bias in to the news, and women (and men) showed up in the streets, online – and everywhere — to advance…
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Sponsored Health Inequity Puts Women’s Lives at Risk
Two months ago, journalist Suzannah Weiss went viral with a tweet about how it took 11 months and 17 doctors to diagnosis her chronic condition. Tennis champion Serena Williams saved her own life by recognizing her blood clot symptoms shortly after giving birth, insisting that doctors and nurses perform additional tests. Lena Dunam had her…
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