Hadassah

Hadassah may refer to a number of organisations. These include:

United States

• Hadassah, The Women's Zionist Organization of America Inc. – a US women's Zionist membership organisation, founded in 1912, also known as Hadassah USA; it funds medical work and youth programmes
• Hadassah Medical Relief Association Inc. – a US tax-exempt organisation (EIN 13-6110872) based at the same New York address as Hadassah, The Women's Zionist Organization of America Inc., classified for international development and relief
• The Hadassah Foundation – a US grant-making foundation established in 1998 by Hadassah, The Women's Zionist Organization of America Inc.; it describes itself as an independent 501(c)(3) organisation funding gender-equity work in Israel and the United States
• Hadassah-Brandeis Institute – a research institute on Jews, gender and women, opened at Brandeis University in 1997 with a grant from Hadassah, The Women's Zionist Organization of America Inc.

International network

• Hadassah International – founded in 1983 as the international fundraising arm supporting the Hadassah Medical Organization
• Hadassah International Israel – the Israeli unit of Hadassah International, established in 2014
• Hadassah Australia – Hadassah International's affiliate in Australia
• Hadassah Belgium – Hadassah International's affiliate in Belgium
• Hadassah Brasil – Hadassah International's affiliate in Brazil
• Canadian Hadassah-WIZO – a Canadian organisation, legally Hadassah-Wizo Organization of Canada, also known as CHW, which supports education, healthcare and social service projects
• Hadassah France – Hadassah International's affiliate in France
• Hadassah Germany – Hadassah International's affiliate in Germany
• Hadassah Latinoamerica – Hadassah International's Spanish-language affiliate for Latin America
• Hadassah Mexico – a Hadassah International group in Mexico
• Hadassah New Zealand – Hadassah International's affiliate in New Zealand
• Hadassah Panama – Hadassah International's affiliate in Panama
• Hadassah Switzerland – Hadassah International's affiliate in Switzerland
• Hadassah UK – a UK charity and company (charity number 1040848; company number 02962092), legally Hadassah Medical Relief Association U.K., which raises funds for the Hadassah Medical Organization; also referred to as Hadassah United Kingdom
• Young Hadassah UK – a United Kingdom group listed by Hadassah International

Medical institutions

• Hadassah Medical Organization – also known as the Hadassah Medical Center or HMO; a hospital system founded by Hadassah, The Women's Zionist Organization of America Inc., comprising the two hospitals below
• Hadassah Hospital Ein Kerem – a university hospital of the Hadassah Medical Organization in Ein Kerem, Jerusalem
• Hadassah Hospital Mount Scopus – a university hospital of the Hadassah Medical Organization on Mount Scopus in occupied East Jerusalem
• Hebrew University-Hadassah Faculty of Medicine – the medical faculty of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, established jointly with Hadassah; its clinical departments moved to the Ein Kerem campus in 1960

Education and youth

• Hadassah Academic College – a public college in Jerusalem, established with Hadassah, The Women's Zionist Organization of America Inc. in 1970 and later known as Hadassah Academic College; in 2025 it was renamed Jerusalem Multidisciplinary College
• Hadassah Neurim – also known as the Hadassah Neurim Youth Village; a youth village near Beit Yanai, founded in 1948 by Hadassah and the Jewish Agency for Israel and run as an independent non-profit organisation
• Young Judaea – a Zionist youth movement in the United States, listed by Hadassah, The Women's Zionist Organization of America Inc. among its youth programmes

Related pages

• Hadassah Magazine – the magazine of Hadassah, The Women's Zionist Organization of America Inc.
• Hadassah (The Women's Zionist Organization of America) - excerpt from Lee O'Brien, American Jewish Organizations and Israel, 1986 – a source extract about the US organisation
• Young Judaea non profits in the US – a list of US non-profit bodies related to Young Judaea
• Women's International Zionist Organization – the international women's Zionist organisation, distinct from Hadassah, with which Canadian Hadassah-WIZO is associated