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HadassahHadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America, is a volunteer women's organization, founded in 1912 by Henrietta Szold, American Jewish scholar and activist. Hadassah is the Hebrew name of the Biblical Queen Esther. It also means myrtle in Hebrew. Hadassah is believed to be the largest volunteer organization and the largest women's organization in the United States, where it runs education and Zionist youth programs such as Young Judaea, promotes health awareness, and advocates for issues of importance to women and to the American Jewish community. In Israel, Hadassah supports health care, education and youth institutions, and land reclamation programs. In 1950, members of the Minneapolis chapter of Hadassah asked the Northland Aluminum company to produce the first Bundt pans in order to recreate the porcelain pans used in Europe. Hadassah Hospital Shortly after its founding, Hadassah established medical clinics in portions of the Ottoman Empire that is now Israel, eventually building the foremost hospital in the Middle East on Mount Scopus in East Jerusalem. During the Arab siege of 1948, the hospital and the adjacent Hebrew University held out against repeated attacks, but in May, a convoy of 77 doctors, nurses, and patients on its way to the hospital under a flag of truce, was attacked by local Arabs. There were no survivors. The cease fire of 1949 left Hadassah Hospital and the university an enclave cut off from the Israeli sector of the city. A new hospital was built in Ein Kerem on the west side of the city. The original hospital was reopened following the Six Day War of 1967. External link http://www.hadassah.org/
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