Henrietta Szold

When relatives from South Africa, Maureen and Paul Rome, flew to Israel this month for the brit mila of their grandson, Yonatan Flax, I suggested…

The Tu Bishvat celebrations are over. Trees have been planted, fruit has been eaten, and a certain amount of environmental consciousness has entered…

I’ve been thinking about this for a long time. Why shouldn’t Aviva Schalit, mother of our long-imprisoned Gilad, demand to visit her son? No, I’m…

A recent letter sent to the press by a group of slightly more than two dozen rabbis’ wives and daughters (in a country with thousands of rabbis)…

In the early 1920s pasteurized milk – an innovation at the time – was packed in ice boxes and delivered by donkey to Jerusalem mothers on the Donkey…

Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin came to the ancient Ashkenazi section of the Mount of Olives cemetery in Jerusalem on Thursday, where he visited the…

Some called her The General. Others called her the ultimate Zionist. She was known as a fighter for ideological and philosophical causes and…

Hadassah Medical Organization director-general Prof. Shlomo Mor-Yosef – who was told two months ago by its owners, the Hadassah Women’s Zionist…

IT SEEMS that the surname Lieberman is a key to a career in politics. First, there’s Joe Lieberman, the United States senator. Then there’s Foreign…

MARCH 8, which coincidentally happens to be International Women’s Day, is the date on which one of the 20 finalists in the current Miss Israel…

‘At the turn of the 20th century, the Zionist secular movement chose a marginal date, the 15th of Shvat, traditionally named the New Year of the…

The world's oldest Jewish cemetery just went online. Anew project undertaken by the City of David archeological Park, locatedsouth of…

The announcement late Wednesday night that Prof. Shlomo Mor-Yosef - who has been the Hadassah Medical Organization's director-general for nine years…

On February 4, 1997, Israel suffered the worst air catastrophe in its history. It was on that day that two helicopters crashed in midair near the…

On February 4, 1997, Israel suffered the worst air catastrophe in its history. It was on that day that two helicopters crashed in midair near the…

The idea of paying special attention to children of exceptional ability is probably as old as humanity itself, and attempts to provide some sort of…

The idea of paying special attention to children of exceptional ability is probably as old as humanity itself, and attempts to provide some sort of…

We discussed foreplay techniques, positions, even the proper use of lubricants. For a man with a long beard and a paternal countenance, Kfar Etzion…

Hadassah national president Nancy Falchuk is surprisingly pragmatic considering the challenges she faces in navigating America's largest volunteer…

You have to make an appointment well in advance to meet ophthalmologist Dr. Bertha Fineberg. Her weekly schedule is full of family events, concerts,…