Hadassah The Womens Zionist Organization Of America Inc

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Advocacy and zionist education: hadassah provides opportunities to study about judaism, israel, zionism, and jewish history, hebrew, literature, and culture with engagement in a variety of local community programs. As part of health and wellness programs, created for our american hadassah units, hadassah began producing educational materials highlighting diseases which coincided with research happening at hadassah's hospitals in jerusalem and which are the focus of fundraising efforts. Hadassah members advocate for issues of importance to women and the jewish community at the local, state, and national levels from supporting israel to women's health to fighting antisemitism. Our email action network provides public policy updates and timely information about critical national and international issues via bi-monthly email communications. In 2024, 50,000+ people took 103,000+ actions through hadassah's national action center. Nearly 400 hadassah advocates met with representatives from 25 federal legislative offices during the 118th congress. Hadassah led or joined 45+ group letters to advocate for policy changes at the united nations and through the administration, congress, state and local governments, corporations and professional organizations hadassah's strong advocacy efforts were mentioned 47 times in the press in 2024, including in newsweek, the jerusalem post and the forward. Award-winning magazine: hwzoa publishes a bimonthly magazine covering politics, news and culture, joining prize-winning journalism with their readers' diverse interests. For its 2024 coverage, hadassah magazine won 13 awards for excellence in jewish journalism from the american jewish press association. Youth programs: supporting the next generation hwzoa is committed to fostering a connection to jewish life and israel. By providing experiences that last a lifetime for thousands of american children and young adults, through their support of young judaea - at summer camps, israel programs, year-round activities and volunteer experiences - hwzoa is shaping the future leaders of tomorrow and ensuring jewish continuity. Since 1934, over 300,000 young people from 80 lands have graduated from hadassah-supported youth aliyah villages in israel, hadassah neurim and meir shfeyah, where at-risk youth receive the support they need to become productive and happy members of israeli society. The villages provide an entire range of services - food, shelter, education, counseling and love - for young refugees and at-risk israelis. In 2024, the two villages hosted nearly 1,100 residential and external day students, ages 12-18.