Hadassah hospital

As Iran war broke out, United Hatzalah volunteers transferred patients to underground wards

Volunteers from United Hatzalah assisted Hadassah Mount Scopus staff in moving critically ill patients to underground safe zones as Iranian ballistic missiles triggered sirens across Israel.

 View of a new Intensive care unit built in the underground parking lot of the Hadassah Mount Scopus Hospital, in Jerusalem, October 25, 2023.
‘David the Servant King’ takes the stage.

A manicure, a memorial and the music of David - opinion

Coalition Chair MK Ofir Katz; Hadassah Director Prof. Yoram Weiss; Hadassa US pres. Carol Ann Schwartz, ; Chair of the Hadassah BoD Dalia Itzik; Health Minister Haim Katz; Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana; Environmental Protection Minister Idit Silman; and Netivot Mayor Yehiel Zohar.

Hadassah opens new Netivot medical center to expand advanced care in Israel’s south

PROF. MAYER BREZIS: The greatest barriers to patients’ safety are cultural.

Many medical institutions automatically refuse to admit, correct errors, researcher finds


Grapevine: Sharing is caring

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 STUDENTS study in the Beit Midrash of the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem.

Jerusalem light rail's 'Red Line' to resume full operation this week

Sections of the Red Line have been unoperational since the end of May, due to construction of new light rail lines in the capital city. 

Light Rail in Jerusalem

Grapevine, August 24, 2025: An OK Israeli

Movers and shakers in Israeli society

CULTURE AND Sport Minister Miki Zohar ponders his next move.

Essential 'Tipat Halav' well-baby stations in danger of collapse across Israel, Taub Center reveals

The clinics are community-based centers that focus on preventative care for infants and young children up to age six.

A NURSE gives a baby a check-up at the ‘Tipat Halav’ baby clinic in Mevaseret Zion in August 2012.

Healing with AI: Hadassah’s Innovations in Cancer Detection and Treatment

Hadassah experts reveal how AI is driving major breakthroughs in cancer detection and treatment, offering new hope for patients in Israel and shaping global medical innovation.

Paging Dr. AI - Hadassah on Call

An existential war: Operation Rising Lion and memories of the Gulf War - comment

Our pilots, we learned, were flying 2,000 km. toward Iran. Missiles and drones from Iran and proxies would be fired at us. 

 Hadassah-University Medical Center Mount Scopus underground hospital.

Fighting cancer: How a hospital stay at Hadassah feels like an international flight - opinion

I envisioned hospitalization as being somewhat akin to taking an international flight to an exotic location.

 An illustrative image of a man with luggage at an airport as a flight takes off.

Grapevine March 22, 2025: The inner existential threat

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 REUT FUCHS (from left), head of 929 partnerships and external relations; Chief Justice Isaac Amit; President Isaac Herzog; Rabbi Benny Lau; and Adina Bar-Shalom.

Autism, epilepsy meet next-gen medicine with Israel’s brain chip innovation

Brain organoids developed in Israel for testing and repurposing a wide variety of existing drugs to see if they could treat autism, schizophrenia, epilepsy, and more

Developing the future of science with Itay & Beyond

Behind the textiles at Hadassah’s Chagall-adorned synagogue - opinion

Aviva Green was tasked 45 years ago to create the parochet that complements Marc Chagall’s stained-glass windows in the synagogue at Hadassah-University Medical Center in Jerusalem.

 ARTIST AVIVA GREEN visits the  Chagall Windows in the Abbell  Synagogue, where her soft  sculptures complement Chagall’s  art.