[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 46 (Tuesday, April 23, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3158-S3159]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      HADASSAH'S 90TH ANNIVERSARY

 Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I rise today to speak in honor of 
Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America, on its 90th 
Anniversary. Hadassah, the largest Zionist, largest

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Jewish, and largest women's membership organization in the country, was 
founded in 1912 by Henrietta Szold to help meet medical needs in what 
was then Palestine.
  Since that time, Hadassah has been a leading force in Israel's 
medical needs through Mt. Scopus Hospital, Ein Karem Hospital, and 
various clinics across the country. Hadassah hospitals, in addition to 
serving as a model of peaceful coexistence in the Middle East, provide 
state-of-the-art health care to 600,000 patients a year--regardless of 
race, religion, creed or national origin--and often treat the most 
critically wounded in the region's ongoing conflicts.
  Through the College of Technology, the Career Counseling Institute, 
and Youth Villages in Israel and through Young Judaea and the Hadassah 
Leadership Academy in the United States, Hadassah has been critical in 
upgrading the educational and learning opportunities for the people of 
Israel.
  In the United States, Hadassah women sold $200 million in US World 
War II bonds as its first national domestic effort. Since then, 
Hadassah women have been actively engaged in health education programs 
on breast cancer and osteoporosis; voter registration efforts; Jewish 
education; grassroots advocacy on US-Israel relations, Jewish communal 
concerns; women's issues; humanitarian relief to distressed communities 
and countries; and volunteer work in literacy programs and at domestic 
violence shelters.
  In conclusion, I would like to acknowledge the continued efforts of 
Hadassah members and their ninety year history.

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