Convention Notes: Hadassah Lieberman— ‘I’m not a Republican’

By Eric Fingerhut
Published on September 2, 2008

Like her husband, Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.), Hadassah Lieberman is backing John McCain for president. On Monday afternoon, she was the featured speaker at the Republican Jewish Coalition's (RJC) National Women's Committee fundraiser and fashion show in Minneapolis. But, Lieberman insisted that doesn't mean she's become a Republican.

The Daily Show ripped me off!

By Jay Firestone
Published on August 6, 2008

Sherry Lansing’s epiphany

By Danielle Berrin
Published on July 22, 2008

"Suddenly, I cared less about a hit movie or making money than I did about giving back. That was the legacy that I wanted," Lansing said.

The Hadassah convention - VideoJew style

By Jay Firestone
Published on July 17, 2008

The 94th annual Hadassah convention recently traveled to Los Angeles and JewishJournal.com VideoJew Jay Firestone was all over it, like jelly on gefilte fish.

The VideoJew, you and 2,000 Zionist women

By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on July 17, 2008

VideoJew does Hadassah

By Jay Firestone
Published on July 17, 2008

Briefs: Comedy writer Ross endows UCLA Yiddish chair, Hadassah official focuses on fundraising

Published on July 16, 2008

Veteran comedy writer and producer Michael "Mickey" Ross has donated $4 million to endow an academic chair in Yiddish language and culture at UCLA.

Speaker Pelosi, Speaker Itzik talk tough on Iran at Hadassah conclave

By Tom Tugend
Published on July 15, 2008

Nancy Pelosi and Dalia Itzik, the speakers of their respective countries' legislatures, both talked tough on Iran during speeches to delegates at Hadassah's annual convention in Los Angeles.

Calendar Girls picks and clicks for July 12 - 18—Hadassah, the cosmos and more

By Dikla Kadosh and Danielle Berrin
Published on July 10, 2008

Obituaries

Published on July 9, 2008

Hadassah convention to stimulate mind, body, soul

By Tom Tugend
Published on July 9, 2008

An overflowing plate of activities, from Shalom Yoga exercises at 6:15 a.m. to festivities lasting until midnight, will be served up to some 2,000 energetic delegates attending the 94th annual convention of Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America, in Los Angeles.

Young women find it’s not their bubbe’s Hadassah

By Rachel Heller
Published on July 9, 2008

A spiritually-attuned mother of two with a background in software sales, Rabishaw might not seem like your typical Hadassah member. Then again, many young members say, this isn't your grandmother's Hadassah.

Hadassah Hospital inspires bar mitzvah charity project

By Emily Pauker, Contributing Writer
Published on July 9, 2008

"Oprah's Big Give" challenges contestants to perform charitable acts by giving them money and resources. But Michael Feldman didn't need the artifice of a television show to inspire his desire for a genuine big give.

Briefs: Israeli professor, a Shoah survivor, among dead at Virginia Tech; Ariel Sharon -- signs of sentience

Published on April 19, 2007

World briefs.

Briefs: West Bank withdrawals coming, Peres says; Israel wants U.S. to stay the course on P.A.

Published on March 8, 2007

Briefs

The Circuit

By Norma Zager
Published on March 30, 2006

Circuit

What a Difference a ‘Gap Year’ Makes

By Jane Ulman
Published on February 23, 2006

MASA, Hebrew for journey, started funding students who qualified on a need-basis in 2004-05, subsidizing more than 100 approved five- to 10-month Israel programs that assist 18- to 30-year-olds in building a solid connection to Israel. This year, MASA is helping to send 7,000 young adults worldwide to Israel, with hopes of sending 20,000 a year by decade's end.

The Circuit

By Norma Zager
Published on January 26, 2006

Circuit

New Hadassah Chief Does Balancing Act

By Carin Davis
Published on October 27, 2005

As a mother of two grown children, Morlie Hammer Levin knows the challenges of balancing family, career and spiritual life. But factor in the L.A. native's recent New York move, a high-pressure job with a high-profile organization and finding a new religious community and you have the makings of what would be a well-deserved nervous breakdown for anyone else.