See highlights from the ceremony that brought together Hadassah and Jerusalem luminaries, including Marcie Natan, Hadassah Past National President; Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat; Jonathan Kamin, Deputy Mission Director of USAID; Dr. Osnat Levzion-Korach, Director of Hadassah Hospital Mount Scopus;Erez Meltzer, Chair of the Hadassah Medical Organization (HMO) Board of Directors, and Rabbi Moshe Klein of HMO.
WATCH ›Marking a Major Jerusalem Milestone at 50
2017 marks the celebration of two 50th anniversaries: the reunification of Jerusalem, and the reunification of Hadassah’s hospitals, including a special celebration marking the symbolic moment when then Hadassah President Charlotte Jacobson received the keys back to Hadassah Mount Scopus.
A CITY UNIFIED. HADASSAH UNIFIED.
Hadassah’s commitment to the health and well-being of Jerusalem, Israel, and all of its people has never wavered. Not in 1939, when Hadassah opened the first teaching hospital and medical center in the Middle East, atop Mount Scopus. And not in 1948, when a convoy was ambushed en route to Hadassah Hospital Mount Scopus, killing 75 medical personnel. Hadassah evacuated the hospital, which remained closed until Jerusalem’s reunification in 1967. With the reunification of Jerusalem in 1967, came the reunification of Hadassah Ein Kerem and Mount Scopus. Since then, Hadassah has led Israel’s medical innovation and stayed true to its philosophy of being a bridge for peace.
50th Anniversary Celebration of the Reunification in Jerusalem
50th Anniversary Highlights
On May 25, 2017, a sunny morning atop Jerusalem's Mount Scopus, the mood was jubilant as the crowd came together for the official Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Reunification of Hadassah Hospital Mt. Scopus and Hadassah Hospital Ein Kerem.
Personal Stories
These personal stories recollect that day in June, 1967 when Jerusalem was unified and the announcement came that "the Kotel is in our hands", when a young couple on their honeymoon helped to clean up Hadassah Mt. Scopus, and when a Hadassah research professor went back to Mt. Scopus and found his notebooks still intact after 19 years. These stories and others help bring Hadassah's practical Zionism to life and enable us to honor this proud moment in Hadassah's history.
From Around the Web
Premonition of Hope: Hadassah Members Recall 1967 - Hadassah Magazine, May 1, 2017
Hadassah to celebrate 50th Anniversary - NJ Jewish Standard, May 1, 2017
Michael Bar-On recollections - Honest Reporting, May 9, 2017
JTA pick up and Press Release - Massachusetts Jewish Ledger, May 10, 2017
Hadassah member Linda Goldstein recalls Six Day War Memories - FL Jewish Journal/Sun-Sentinel, May 12, 2017
Back to Mount Scopus - Israel Hayom, May 17, 2017
Hadassah Celebrates 1967 Jerusalem Reunification - Boston Jewish Advocate, May 19, 2017
Local Woman Remembers Euphoria of Six-Day war - Arizona Jewish Post, May 25, 2017
How Hadassah Hospital Coped With Casualties During The Six Day War - The Forward, May 25, 2017
Congress celebrates Jerusalem 50 - The Jewish Star (Long Island), May 25, 2017
June 1967: A Week of Atlanta Unity - Atlanta Jewish Times, May 30, 2017
Elie Weisel on Israel after the 6-Day War and other firsthand accounts - JTA, June 2, 2017
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