A new treatment tested at Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem and developed by an American-Israeli biotech company appears to significantly slow the progression of ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. According to the findings of initial clinical trials published Tuesday in the medical journal JAMA Neurology, the treatment, which uses a stem cell infusion…
The Hadassah Medical Organization hid its illegal 2014 deficit from the public, government agencies and its creditors, an investigation has found. Separately, Israeli Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein has been asked to look at irregularities dating back decades. On the deficit front, Army Radio in an investigative report put the shortfall at $370 million — an…
Hadassah: The Women’s Zionist Organization of America has elected Ellen Hershkin, currently a national board member, as its new national president. Hershkin, of Dix Hills, N.Y., was elected the group’s 26th president on Monday at its annual meeting in Philadelphia. She will succeed Marcie Natan, the president since 2011 whose term ends Dec. 31. Under…
A suburban Chicago woman who stole $21,000 from a Hadassah chapter she served as treasurer was sentenced to two years of probation. Rozann Morowitz, 68, of Wheeling, Illinois, paid back the money she took from the Buffalo Grove Hadassah chapter when she was treasurer from 2011 to 2013. She paid $16,000 in restitution when she…
Tony Oats doubled over in laughter when he heard our request. Never before in his ten years as a museum employee, had he received such a funny inquiry. “Could you show us some uncircumcised penises, please? We’re a bunch of older Jewish ladies and most of us have never seen one.” Straightening up, he shook…
Which is Hillary’s logo — and which is Hadassah’s? (JTA) — Critics love to nitpick Hillary Clinton’s personal and policy choices, as they have during the recent email scandal and the Benghazi scandal. This time, however, the critics may have a substantial case against her. As soon as Clinton’s campaign was launched on Sunday, her campaign…
Bernice Tannenbaum, a former national president of Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America who earned the group’s highest honor for her legacy of contributions, has died. Tannenbaum, a former JTA vice president and national secretary, died Monday. She was 101. She joined Hadassah in 1944 and became its national president in 1976, serving until…
Ruth Popkin, who served as national president of Hadassah and the Jewish National Fund, has died. Popkin died Friday at the age of 101. She served as the 18th national president of Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization, and was later named an honorary vice president of the organization. She also served as the national president…
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