Hadassah Suffolk Region Members Meet with Rep. Lee Zeldin in DC

Hadassah Suffolk Region members met with NY Representative Lee Zeldin (R-NY-1) on Thursday, May 17 in the Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill to advocate for Hadassah issues on Women's Health Equity, gun violence and support for the State of Israel and the Jewish community as part of Hadassah's 2018 Day on The Hill advocacy outreach program which this year included over 200 Hadassah members.

Hadassah Suffolk Region members Stacy Berman (Suffolk Region President), Lee Pinchuk, Pamela Diamond and Phyllis Abramson had just attended Hadassah's 2nd Annual Women's Health Empowerment Summit at the Capitol Hilton in DC on May 16 during National Women's Health Week (May 13-19). The annual summit is a program of the 28-member Coalition for Women's Health Equity, which was convened by Hadassah in 2016.

2018 marks the 100th anniversaries of the Hadassah Medical Organization (HMO) in Israel, which is comprised of two Hadassah-owned hospitals in Jerusalem, Hadassah Hospital Ein Kerem and Mount Scopus; the Henrietta Szold Hadassah-Hebrew University School of Nursing and HMO's Department of Ophthalmology.

Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America, Inc. (HWZOA) is the largest Jewish women’s organization in the United States. With 330,000 members, associates and supporters Hadassah brings Jewish women together to effect change and advocate on critical issues such as medical care and research and women's empowerment. Through the Hadassah Medical Organization's two hospitals, the world-renowned trauma center and the leading research facility in Jerusalem, Hadassah supports the delivery of exemplary patient care to over a million people every year. HMO serves without regard to race, religion or nationality and earned a Nobel Peace Prize nomination in 2005 for building “bridges to peace” through equality in medical treatment. For more information, visit www.hadassah.org.