Hadassah Medical Center includes two University hospitals at Ein Kerem and Mount Scopus in Jerusalem, Israel. Jerusalem Hadassah Hospital
In 2005, the Center was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize due to its equality in treatment, its ethnic and religious diversity, and its efforts to build bridges to peace.
The campus synagogue is famous for its stained glass windows depicting the twelve tribes of Israel, created and donated in 1960 by Marc Chagall. In March 2007 Jewish American billionaire William Davidson donated $75 million dollars to the hospital.
Hadassah University Hospital Mount Scopus
This 300-bed community hospital, serves the heavily populated Jewish and Arab neighborhoods of northern and eastern Jerusalem, with over 30 departments and clinics.
The cornerstone for the Hadassah hospital on Mount Scopus was laid in 1934. After five years of construction, the complex, designed by architect Erich Mendelsohn, opened its doors in 1939. Jerusalem Hadassah Hospital
On the 13th of April, 1948, an armoured convoy of doctors, nurses, medical students, and other staff made its way to the hospital. The group was ambushed, and 77 of its members were killed in what has become known as the Hadassah medical convoy massacre.
Erasing all vestiges of war and neglect, the hospital was completely restored to its former beauty. Hadassah returned to Mt. Scopus in 1978, once again opening its doors to all.
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Hadassah University Hospital Ein kerem
Hadassah-Ein Kerem was founded by Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America, when its original hospital on Mt. Scopus became inaccessible following Israel's 1948 War of Independence.
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Hadassah Medical Center Hospital was last updated 26/03/2008 by Franka
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