Faith Kramer, a former president and current board member of the Hadassah Oakland Ruach Chapter, is a member of the Hadassah Writers' Circle. The California-based food writer is the author of ...

Esther Before Ahasuerus by Artemisia Gentileschi, Metropolitan Museum of Art, courtesy of Getty Images. Gentileschi was the most famous female painter of the 17th Century. Image furnished by Hadassah.

In the years from 1922 through 1931, Hadassah’s volunteer medical services spent more money ($445,000 to $655,000 a year) than the mandate government’s Health Department.

Queen Esther was given the Hebrew name “Hadassah” at birth. The Persian name “Esther” became her new identity as a form of protection when she became the Queen of Persia.

Distaff branch of U. S. Zionism is Hadassah (Hebrew for Esther, the great Biblical queen). Since its founding 26 years ago, Hadassah has paralleled the economic and political labors of male Zionist ...

Esther, born Hadassah – perhaps her true name is hidden to protect her reputation – is taken by force into the Oriental harem of King Ahasuerus. Though he rules a vast empire ...

Indo-Persian Spiced Potato Knishes Makes 8. 1 lb. gold or Yukon potatoes 3/4 tsp. salt, divided 2 Tbsps. vegetable oil, divided, plus oil for baking sheet ...

With Hadassah being the Hebrew name for Queen Esther, we used the Purim-themed stained glass window in the lobby of Louisville’s Temple Adath Israel Brit Shalom as a background.