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Hadassah
[ huh-dah-suh, hah- ]
noun
- a benevolent organization of Jewish women founded in New York City in 1912 by Henrietta Szold and concerned chiefly with bettering medical and educational facilities in Israel, forwarding Zionist activities in the U.S., and promoting world peace.
Word History and Origins
Origin of Hadassah1
Example Sentences
How he went from the Radical Faeries’ joyous, transgressive vision of queerness — which led to creating his drag alter ego, Rebbetzin Hadassah Gross — to embracing Conservative Judaism is the subject of Sandi DuBowski’s fascinating look at the act of questioning yourself and your family, your surroundings and your decisions.
Lieberman and his wife, Hadassah, have four children.
In desperation, the family found an ambulance to transport him to Hadassah hospital, one of Israel’s largest medical facilities, where doctors said the bullet had struck his heart.
Hadassah hospital in Jerusalem, where he was pronounced dead, said he was 12; it was not immediately possible to reconcile the discrepancy in age.
Berg’s philanthropic work centered on Nordea Chapter of Hadassah, where she was an active officer and served as president for a few years, and the Sisterhood of Temple Israel of Hollywood, where she was a member.
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