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St. Louis Jewish Light

A nonprofit, independent news source to inform, inspire, educate and connect the St. Louis Jewish community.

St. Louis Jewish Light

A nonprofit, independent news source to inform, inspire, educate and connect the St. Louis Jewish community.

St. Louis Jewish Light

More women are needed as leaders

By Marcie Natan, JTAPublished July 9, 2012

NEW YORK — Pride and chagrin: It’s rare that the two emotions are experienced simultaneously. But that is how we are feeling at Hadassah. We feel pride because women now hold three of our top professional positions: Janice Weinman is our new executive...

Hadassah opens $363 million tower

JTAPublished March 20, 2012

JERUSALEM -- Hadassah Hospital opened a new $363 million tower that will relieve patient overcrowding. Patients began moving into the new Sarah Wetsman Davidson Hospital Tower at Hadassah-Ein Kerem in Jerusalem on Monday. Patients from eight departments...

Israeli-led team of scientists discovers longevity gene

JTAPublished February 23, 2012

JERUSALEM -- A team of Israeli and U.S. scientists has discovered a gene that increases longevity in mammals. The team, led by Dr. Haim Cohen of Bar-Ilan University's Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, and including researchers from Hadassah...

(From left) Linda Jayaram, David Barish and St. Louis Chapter
Hadassah President Jenny Schmitz are pictured at the Hadassah event
Feb. 14, called, ‘A Love Story - Linda Jayaram, David Barish and
Hadassah. The program highlighted the medical progress of Multiple
Sclerosis patient Jayaram as a participant in a trial of stem cell
therapy for MS at Hadassah Medical Organization in Jerusalem.

Gala draws supporters for talk on Hadassah’s work on MS

BY ROBERT A. COHN, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF EMERITUSPublished February 22, 2012

Hadassah's gala event, "Framing the Future Encore: A Love Story" at the Jewish Community Center's Arts & Education Building drew more than 100 members of the St. Louis Chapter of Hadassah. The event was co-chaired by Carol and Michael Staenberg and...

Nancy Falchuk

Hadassah past President is upbeat on St. Louis visit

BY ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in-Chief EmeritusPublished February 22, 2012

Nancy Falchuk, immediate past national president of Hadassah, the world's largest Jewish women's organization, was upbeat about the group's national, global and local strength a year after it took a major "hit" from the Bernard Madoff scandal. She also...

Nancy Falchuk

Awards galore and much more

By Lois CaplanPublished January 25, 2012

HADASSSAH IS HOSTING A BIG STEM CELL RELATED EVENT on Feb. 14, this one of particular interest in advances against Multiple Sclerosis (MS). In case you had not noticed, the event falls on Valentine's Day and is called "Framing the Future Encore: A Love...

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