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132-531: The hospital was founded by the Hadassah Women's Zionist Organization of America , which continues to underwrite a large part of its budget today. The Medical Center ranks as the sixth-largest hospital complex in Israel. Across its two campuses, Hadassah Medical Center has over 1,300 beds, 31 operating theaters and nine special intensive care units, and runs five schools of medical professions. The Hadassah organization

264-567: A 100% vocal version of Habanera from Carmen opera in duet with beatboxer Mythe Boxe. On November, he released All My Love is For You , his pop album which he entirely composed, performed, arranged and produced. In December, he performed a concert at Queens College in New York for the City University of New York . In January, he plays the lead role of Shylock ( The Merchant of Venice ) at

396-558: A Hadassah owned and occupied building on East 52nd Street in New York City. 1956: HMO pilots a community health station in the Arab village of Abu Ghosh. Young Judaea opens its first Year Course in Israel for high school graduates. 1958: Construction of the new medical center at Ein Kerem accelerates. First Hadassah pilgrimage to Israel. 1959: HMO introduces open-heart surgery to Israel, installs

528-684: A Musical of the decade, Best Producer of a Play of the decade. The Mayor of New York, Bill de Blasio, awards him with the Certificate of Recognition for his contributions to the City of New York. Born in Paris to a Moroccan Jewish family from Fez , Serero studied jazz piano at the American School of Modern Music and at the Bill Evans Piano Academy in Paris. He graduated from both of these schools as

660-584: A U.S. government program to alleviate food shortages within Israel, particularly within immigrant populations. The Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Dental Medicine, founded in cooperation with the Alpha-Omega Dental Fraternity, opens. Students train at HMO's Jerusalem dental clinic. 1954: HMO pilots Ya'al, the "Helping Hand of Hadassah", a volunteer auxiliary of women who serve in Hadassah's medical facilities. This innovative Israeli "first" becomes

792-811: A UK Tour in London at the Leicester Square Theatre , Birmingham, Liverpool and at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester. During this tour, he was featured on London Buses. In that same month, he recorded the anthem for the Brazil World Soccer Cup. He performed his One Man Musical Show at the Theatre du Gymnase in Paris for more than 100 performances from May to September 2014; in June, he

924-457: A cadre of nurses. In 1919, Hadassah organized the first School Hygiene Department in Palestine to give routine health examinations to Jerusalem school children. During the Arab riots of 1920, Hadassah nurses cared for the wounded on both sides. Henrietta Szold moved to Jerusalem that year to develop community health and preventive care programs. In 1921, a Hadassah nurse, Bertha Landsman, set up

1056-537: A collection of facts, essays, and reading lists financed by prominent American Zionist, Judge Louis Brandeis . By 1916, Hadassah established the Palestine Purchasing and Supplies Department (later the Hadassah Supplies Bureau) to buy and ship items unavailable in the yishuv, the pre-state Jewish community in Palestine. Although Hadassah's first two nurses were compelled to return to America in 1915,

1188-818: A concert at the Fashion Institute of Technology of New York. David Serero performed at the Pomegranate Lifetime Achievement Award Ceremony in honor of Andre Azoulay where he performed Moroccan songs and the national anthem of Morocco . In April, he performed in Chicago at the Alliance Francaise of Chicago , Toronto (Canadian debut) and for the Soroka Medical Center Gala at the Pierre Hotel in New York. He performed

1320-706: A concert at the French Embassy of New York and at the American Sephardi Federation. He performed "New York, New York" on the New Year's Eve TV show Le 31 tout est permis avec Arthur on TF1 in France. In January 2015, he released the album David Serero chante Luis Mariano JAZZ! . He arranged and produced this album, performed in French language, dedicated to Luis Mariano . He appeared in New York 180 (as Alfredo

1452-529: A donation to the hospital. In April 2009, following an initiative of the Puah Institute , the hospital opened a fertility clinic for AIDS patients, the first such clinic in Israel. Prof. Shlomo Ma'ayan heads the clinic. The Ein Karem campus synagogue is illuminated by stained glass windows depicting the twelve tribes of Israel , created by Marc Chagall . Chagall envisaged the synagogue as "a crown offered to

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1584-532: A joyous moving day. Supervised by HMO senior staff, the Israeli Army meticulously and efficiently transports every patient in each of Hadassah's five temporary hospitals to a preassigned bed at the new medical center. 1962: Hadassah turns 50 and celebrates its golden jubilee year. The Fannie and Maxwell Abbell Chapel (synagogue) at Hadassah-Ein Kerem is dedicated. Marc Chagall 's magnificent 12 stained glass windows, each representing one of Israel's 12 tribes , grace

1716-700: A large gift from the Straus family. (Operates today as an outpatient facility in downtown Jerusalem) 1933: Recha Freier begins Youth Aliyah (Jugendaliyah, Aliyat Hano'ar) in Berlin , working with German youth leaders to resettle Jewish children in Palestine. Henrietta Szold is appointed the first Director of Youth Aliyah by the governing council of the Yishuv, the Va'ad Le'umi . 1934: Youth Aliyah's first 43 wards arrive in Haifa . In what becomes

1848-636: A lifelong practice, Henrietta Szold greets them at the dock and accompanies them to Kibbutz Ein Harod. The cornerstone is laid on Mount Scopus for the Rothschild-Hadassah University Hospital (RHUH) and new quarters for Hadassah's Nurses' Training School. 1935: Spearheaded by National President Rose Jacobs, Convention delegates accept Youth Aliyah as an official Hadassah project and establish Hadassah as its sole American sponsor. Palestine's first social-service programs begin when Hadassah opens

1980-618: A major Hadassah project in Israel. Hadassah opens Palestine's first tuberculosis ward in its Safed hospital, which becomes the region's tuberculosis center in 1935 (devolved to the Israeli government in 1957). 1927: The cornerstone is laid at a solemn ceremony for the Nathan and Lina Straus Health Center in Jerusalem, conceived as a model for future health centers in Palestine, with funding from Nathan Straus. According to Dr. E. M. Bluestone, then Director of

2112-504: A meeting at Temple Emanu-El in New York City on February 24, 1912, Henrietta Szold together with other Zionist women, proposed to the Daughters of Zion study circle that they expand their purpose and embrace proactive work to help meet the health needs of Palestine's people. The goal was to promote the Zionist ideal through education, public health initiatives, and the training of nurses in what

2244-496: A model for volunteerism in Israel. HMO opens Israel's first cardiac surgical unit and its first Department of Psychiatry at the Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Medicine. 1955: Youth Aliyah begins its day center program with services for youth from Israel's rural and development areas. The program rapidly expands to encompass urban youth as well. The national headquarters of HWZOA moves into its first "house",

2376-586: A new campus was built in Ein Karem . Following the Six-Day War , Hadassah Mount Scopus underwent extensive renovations, reopening in 1975. With over 300 beds and 30 departments and clinics, including a rehabilitation building and a hospice , the hospital serves all populations in Jerusalem without distinction. Over one-third of the patients are Arab . In 2011, the Israeli-American actress Natalie Portman , who

2508-457: A number of facilities and projects and then transferred them to the appropriate municipalities. Hadassah transferred administration of this hospital to the Tel Aviv municipality in 1931. 1923: Hadassah instituted a school lunch program to teach nutrition and serve healthy meals to children and teenagers in Palestine. Pennies are collected by American Hebrew school students to fund this project, which

2640-508: A nursing school to train local personnel and create a cadre of nurses. Over the next few years, the unit, based in the old Rothschild Hospital in Jerusalem, initiated American-style health and welfare programs with intensive campaigns to wipe out malaria, cholera, trachoma and scalp diseases in many Jewish communities in the yishuv. The unit organized a sanitation program and founded Hadassah hospitals in Jaffa , Tiberias , and Safed , as well as opened

2772-587: A pianist and arranger. He lived in New York from 2001 to 2003, where he studied singing with teachers from Broadway and from the Metropolitan Opera and acting at the HB Studio where he played Stanley from A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams , Uncle Louie from Lost in Yonkers by Neil Simon and Marc Anthony from Julius Caesar by Shakespeare . Serero moved to St Petersburg, Russia, to study at

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2904-536: A pioneer of International Style architecture in Israel. Prior to the opening of a 19-story hospital tower in 2012, Hadassah Ein Karem had 700 inpatient beds. The hospital complex consists of 22 buildings, including the Hebrew University of Jerusalem schools of medicine, dentistry , nursing, public health and pharmacology. Hadassah's director is Professor Yoram G. Weiss  [ he ] . Notable physicians include Avraham Rivkind , founder and director of

3036-588: A small public health station in Jerusalem to provide maternity care and treat trachoma , a dreaded eye disease rampant in the Middle East. The core of future Hadassah education programs emerged when Jessie Sampter founded The Hadassah School of Zionism in New York in 1915. The school required chapter leaders to take courses, instituted a correspondence course and inspires other Hadassah chapters to create their own Schools of Zionism. Sampter published "A Course in Zionism,"

3168-741: A special selection from the Iran Film Festival among others. In Paris, he creates the Festival Napoleon, and awards the Napoleon Award of Honor to Jean Tulard, Thierry Lentz, Jean-Pierre Osenat and Christian Clavier. He performs a concert at the Dubai World Expo for Morocco and makes his debut in Yerevan, Armenia. He returns Off-Broadway to star as Moses, adapts in English, directs, and produces

3300-493: A whole is referred to as "Young Judaea." 1967: HMO performs Israel's first successful kidney transplant. 1968: The official restoration of Hadassah-Mount Scopus begins when Hadassah plans a 260-bed hospital for the entire community and agrees to build a state-of-the-art rehabilitation center within. Fundraising Campaign for the restoration of Hadassah-Mount Scopus. HMO pioneers 24-hour emergency units at Hadassah-Ein Kerem for acute respiratory and coronary care, burns and trauma. At

3432-498: A widespread system of clinics in Jewish centres and hospitals in the principal towns...Though naturally the Jewish population benefited most, the Hadassah medical services were available to all the communities in Palestine and many of the poorer classes amongst the Arabs received much assistance from the work of the organization. This disinterested philanthropy of Hadassah deserves recognition: it

3564-702: A youth village housing World War I orphans and socially disadvantaged children (devolved to the Israel Ministry of Agriculture in 1953, with Hadassah continuing limited financial support). 1926: Hadassah forms a partnership with the Jewish National Fund (JNF), also known as Keren Keyemeth LeYisrael (KKL), an organization established in 1901 by the Fifth World Zionist Congress to purchase and transform land in Palestine for Jewish farming, housing, roads, and recreation. JNF became, and has remained,

3696-798: Is Love. He also sang the French national anthem for French president, Nicolas Sarkozy . In June 2013, he founded the 1st London Musical Film Festival at the Bush Hall. In August 2013, he performed a concert series in Capri, Italy. In September 2013, he performed in Singapore at the French Alliance. In November 2013, he performed at the Wembley Stadium in London and performed a concert in St Petersburg. This same month he performed his One Man Opera Show at

3828-850: Is an American Jewish volunteer women's organization . Founded in 1912 by Henrietta Szold , it is one of the largest international Jewish organizations, with nearly 300,000 members in the United States. Hadassah fundraises for community programs and health initiatives in Israel, including the Hadassah Medical Organization , two leading research hospitals in Jerusalem . In the US, the organization advocates on behalf of women's rights, religious autonomy and US–Israel diplomacy . In Israel, Hadassah supports health education and research, women's initiatives, schools and programs for underprivileged youth. At

3960-473: Is devolved to the Israeli government in 1950, with Hadassah's support ending in 1954. 1924: Nathan Straus contributed $ 10,000 with which Hadassah develops its Infant Welfare Stations into a complete network, extending from Jerusalem to Tiberias. Pamphlets were distributed to all Hadassah chapters for five cents each. 1925: Junior Hadassah assumed sole support of the Meir Shfeyah Children's Village,

4092-721: Is featured in Bloomberg News . He produces and releases the debut album Hunger Pains of Hip Hop artist Rob Cherry on his record label. In March, he produces the 19th edition of the New York Sephardic Jewish Film Festival for the American Sephardi Federation at the Center for Jewish History . This same month he's invited to discuss the future of the music business with Pharrell Williams on AOL He starts his radio show The Culture News – On

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4224-491: Is lost for the next 19 years. 1948: The State of Israel is born. HMO tends the thousands of wounded soldiers pouring into Jerusalem, plus the usual high numbers of civilians seeking aid. 1949: As " Operation Magic Carpet " rescues and brings 45,000 Yemenite Jews to Israel, HMO creates an emergency hospital in Rosh Ha'ayin for the care of new immigrants, as requested by the new Israeli government. With their resources stretched to

4356-567: Is mourned throughout the world. Hadassah and the American Friends of the Hebrew University initiate a $ 4 million fundraising campaign to build the Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Medicine. Hadassah is awarded a citation recognizing the sale of $ 200 million worth of U.S. government defense bonds during World War II. 1947: In the wake of the UN partition plan of November 29, which calls for

4488-744: Is named in the "40 under 40" Honoree list for the United States Business Elite Awards. In television, Serero started his career in France with: Juste un pitch (2008), Code Barge (2008), Krach (2009), C'est la crise (2011), Mes amis, mes amours, mes emmerdes (2011), Interpol (2011), Des soucis et des hommes (2011), Las Vegas Hotel (2011), L'Attaque (2011), Platane (2011), Silences d'Etat (2012), RIS Police (2012), Profilage (2012), Royal Palace (2012). In America, he starred in Blood Feuds – Gangs of New York by Discovery Channel on American Heroes Channel (2015), On

4620-619: Is named one of the 15 most influential Moroccans worldwide by the Royal Air Maroc . He plays the part of Otto Frank , in Anne Frank a musical , which he directs and produces Off-Broadway. He writes and directs with Lisa Azuelos the musical Lost in the Disco , which he produces off-Broadway. He receives the 2019 Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award He receives the Award for Diversity by

4752-650: Is the young president of the organization in France. Due to an accumulated deficit of over 1 billion NIS, at the request of the medical center's management, the Israeli court declared 3 months of suspension of proceedings starting February 2014. Beginning in 2018, the Hadassah Medical Center, in agreement with the Mayor of Moscow, is opening a branch in Skolkovo . The Hadassah project was estimated at $ 40.2 million, of which about $ 26.4 million will go to equip

4884-406: The Blue Note Jazz Festival in New York. In September, he sang for the President of Portugal Mr Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa . David Serero enters the prestigious Who's Who America 2017 for demonstrating " outstanding achievements in the entertainment world and has contributed significantly to the betterment of contemporary society ." He performed a gala concert in benefit to Surgeons of Hope at

5016-400: The Brasov Opera and returned the following year to perform the Four Villains ( The Tales of Hoffmann ). Following these performances, he was named Ambassador of the City of Brasov. His American debut took place the next year, when he performed as Alfio ( Cavalliera rusticana ) and Canio ( Pagliacci ) in Harrisburg , Pennsylvania. In 2008, he performed Dr Malatesta ( Don Pasquale ) with

5148-471: The Center for Jewish History in New York. The Jewish Week quoted David Serero's Shylock performances as one of the most notable along with Laurence Olivier , Al Pacino , Dustin Hoffman , Jacob Adler and Zero Mostel . In that same venue, he also starred as the title roles of Nabucco ( Verdi 's Opera Nabucco ) in April and Othello ( Shakespeare 's Othello ) in June Off-Broadway . For his performance as Shylock , he receives critical acclaim and

5280-463: The Edmond Rostand 2018 Festival with the French Military Orchestra in Paris. He plays Napoleon from the screenplay Napoleon by Stanley Kubrick , which he adapted for the stage. In Morocco, he is awarded by the Trophy of Honor in recognition of his accomplishment to the culture in Morocco. He performs off-broadway the title roles of Nabucco (Nabucco), Romeo (in his own Jewish adaptation of Romeo and Juliet ), Figaro ( Marriage of Figaro ). He

5412-464: The Fiaf . After performing in Paris at the Comedie Bastille , he performed an open air concert on the Freedom Plaza for the Festival of Morocco in Washington DC , in Toronto and Montreal (Canada) for the Canadian Friends of Soroka Medical Center . He is the book cover of Because I am a Jew – The Truth Behind Shylock by Alicya Oppenheim from the Center for Shakespeare Studies of Stratford-upon-Avon , in which he tells his approach of performing

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5544-413: The National Opera Center of America . He is a finalist of the Grand Prize 2017 edition of The French Entrepreneurs of Abroad ( Les Français de l'étranger ), in Arts & Culture category, by Air France . He is the producer of the 20th Anniversary Edition of the New York Sephardic Jewish Film Festival . He is one of the judges of the Featured International Singing Competition in New York. He performed

5676-399: The Rimsky-Korsakov Music Conservatory where he made his debut as Scarpia ( Tosca ) and Germont ( La traviata ). Following these performances, he was invited by Valery Gergiev to be part of the Young Singers Academy of the Mariinsky Theater . In 2020, he receives the Award for Diversity by the UNESCO . In 2006, Serero made his European debut in the role of Escamillo ( Carmen ) at

5808-412: The Soviet Union to a squalid refugee camp outside Teheran . Youth Aliyah accepts these young Holocaust survivors and helps them adjust to their new lives. 1944: Hadassah opens the Apprenticeship Department at the Brandeis Vocational Center, named in honor of Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis. The Fine Mechanics Workshop is joined two years later by the Apprenticeship School of Printing. Opening of

5940-418: The Television Academy of Arts & Sciences ( Emmys ), for which he is both a voting member. In 2019, he is named one of the top most influential Moroccans by airline Royal Air Maroc , and received the 2019 Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2020, he receives the Award for Diversity by the Unesco . He wins the 2020 BroadwayWorld Awards for Best Performer of the decade, Best Producer of

6072-403: The UNESCO for his contribution to the Arts and Diversity. He releases his books Operation Odessa and From I Can't Breathe to Black Lives Matter: How George Floyd's Tragic Death changed America . He releases the following audio recordings: The Diary of a Madman by Gogol , The Megillah of Esther , The Greatest War Speeches of Napoleon Bonaparte , J'Accuse by Emile Zola . He records

6204-409: The Yivo Foundation . He adapted in English and directed this revival as well as the first Cast Album Recording of that play. He performed at the Russian Culture House of London, Rossotrudnichestvo , for the Stars of the Albion Festival He stars as the King Ahasuerus in the musical Queen Esther's Dilemma , which he directs and produces at the Center for Jewish History . He performed and hosted

6336-438: The 70th Anniversary of the World Health Day by the World Health Organization at the United Nations , New York. He stars as Cyrano from Cyrano de Bergerac in New York and is the 1st French actor to play this role in English in America. He has written his own English adaptation and recorded the Cast Album Recording. In June, he stars as Don Giovanni 's title role in his new adaptation in New York, Off-Broadway. He sang for

6468-452: The Alice L. Seligsberg High School. Today Hadassah continues to receive generous AID grants earmarked for HMO. The Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Medicine moves to new building facilities at Hadassah-Ein Kerem. 1967: An HMO surgical team completes Israel's first successful two-valve open-heart operation. Hadassah Associates is founded as the fundraising arm for American men who want to provide support for Hadassah's work. Rebecca Shulman,

6600-862: The Alley and Ring Ring by Stephen Skeel (2014), Ransom by Brendan Duffy (2014), Amarena (filmed in Italian language) by Andrew Abballe (2014), Super Paradise by Nour Matimusha (2014), New York 180 by Hongkai Sun (2015), Paisanos in Paris by Ernie Zahn (2015), Near it all / How we do it by Nicholas Bruckman (2015), Crime Scene: Do Not Cross by Katie Huang (2015), Speedy by Ameer Kazmi (2015), Near it all by Woody Lewis (2015), Most Beautiful Island by Ana Paisanos (2015), The Redemption by Steve Carmona (2015), Sorry Charlie! by Lawrence Edmond (2015), Hooligans by Patrick Lizza (2015), Sheepshead by Ari Ben Avram (2016), Jihadi Street (2016), Tango Shalom, starring Lainie Kazan and Karina Smirnoff (2016), Overload Rock or Die (2016), Alice in America, starring Richard Mofe Damidjo (2016), Following Phil (2016), When I Sing (2017). He

6732-457: The Brandeis Vocational Center complex with 124 day and 84 evening students (renamed Hadassah College Jerusalem [HCJ] in 2006). The Alice Seligsberg Comprehensive High School merges with Brandeis (see 1944) to become the co-ed Hadassah Seligsberg-Brandeis Comprehensive High School (devolved to the Jerusalem municipality in 1988). 1972: The Hadassah Community College graduates its first class with Golda Meir as guest of honor. Hadassah incorporates

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6864-839: The Case with Paula Zahn, Suddenly Rich on TLC (2016), Whistleblowers on Spike TV (2016), Six Degrees of Murder on Discovery Channel (2016), Deadline: Crime with Tamron Hall on NBC (2016), The Hunt with John Walsh on CNN (2016), We Are New York WANY (2017), Pandora's Box on Discovery ID (2018) and Quantico on ABC . In films, Serero starred: Le Marchant de Miracles with Borys Szyc (2009), Le Mac (2011), The Day I Saw Your Heart with Melanie Laurent (2011), The Chef with Jean Reno (2011), Chinese Zodiac 12 with and directed by Jackie Chan (2012), Nous trois ou rien (2015), Eva & Leon (2015). In New York he starred in: There will come soft rains by Danielle Boyd (2014), Capicola by Mark Aiello (2014), Laundry Day by Jake Peterson (2014), The Kingdom of

6996-400: The Centre Philharmonic Orchestra in Bordeaux , and returned to the Brasov Opera, where he received the Encouragement Prize from the Bizet Foundation for his performance of Zurga in The Pearl Fishers . In 2009, he performed Enrico ( Lucia di Lammermoor ) and Escamillo in Florida,<ref[> http://www.davidserero.com/files/Heritage.jpg </ref> and in July, was selected to be part of

7128-422: The Certificate of Recognition from the City of New York for his contribution to New York's cultural landscape, for enriching the performing arts sector, uplifted and inspired diverse New Yorkers. He receives the Award of Best Arranger and Producer from the Palm Beach International Music Awards for his Jazz Big Band adaptation of Thriller from his musical Scarface. He receives 6 nominations, in four categories, in

7260-409: The Committee for the Study of Arab-Jewish Relations to promote " Zionism 's unfinished agenda", co-existence between Palestine's two major populations. 1941: Hadassah sends an American neurosurgeon, Dr. Henry Wigderson, to Palestine to create the Hadassah Medical Organization's first Department of Neurosurgery. At age 81, Henrietta Szold establishes the Child and Youth Welfare Organization to coordinate

7392-475: The Duke Ellington Americana Jazz Festival in New York. He released the single of his new musical Scarface , the musical that he wrote and produced to take place on Broadway by 2017. This musical is based on Al Capone 's life and the eponym film made famous by Al Pacino . From November 2014 to May 2016 he performed the part of Chef Bruno from musical TRUFFLES in New York. For Christmas, he performed his musical comedy Xmas for Jews – A Comic Jewish Tragedy at

7524-432: The Ein Karem facilities being by far the larger and more important of the two. In 2005, Hadassah was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in acknowledgment of its equal treatment of all patients, regardless of ethnic and religious differences, and efforts to build bridges to peace. French baritone David Serero has performed several concerts at the hospital in 2011, 2012 and 2013 for Israelis and Palestinians children. He

7656-500: The French musical American Premiere of "The Ten Commandments, The Musical" ( Les Dix Commandements ), studied with the french original cast member Daniel Levi , and receives New York Cultural Commissioner Laurie Cumbo to attend the performance. He receives the Musical Theatre Radio Award for theatrical excellence, the New York Shakespeare Award, and is named Honorary Person of the Year in Morocco by ArtPress. His documentary on Elie Tahari opens in movie theaters at Lincoln Center . He

7788-452: The Hadassah Medical Organization, this center would serve as the headquarters of the Health Welfare Department of the Hadassah Medical Organization, with space devoted to new health activities. Through the decades many preventive health programs were housed in this building - a dental clinic, children's exercise programs, and Nathan Straus' milk pasteurization plant among others. 1928: Hadassah's urban recreational activities program begins with

7920-444: The Hadassah Nurses station had to closed down due to official pressure. In 1918, Hadassah established the American Zionist Medical Unit (AZMU), staffed by 45 medical health professionals. The AZMU helped to establish six hospitals in Palestine which were then turned over to municipal authorities. The Meir Rothschild Hospital opened in Jerusalem in 1918. That year, Hadassah also founded a nursing school to train local personnel and create

8052-475: The Hadassah Vocational Guidance Bureau in Jerusalem (later, the Hadassah Vocational Guidance Institute, renamed Hadassah Career Counseling Institute [HCCI] in 1989). Youth Aliyah observes its tenth year of youth rescue. 1945: Henrietta Szold, age 84, dies of pneumonia on February 13 (30 Shevat 5705) at the Rothschild-Hadassah University Hospital. Her funeral is attended by some of the thousands of Youth Aliyah children and nursing students whose lives she touched. She

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8184-450: The Henrietta Szold Award as its highest honor, to be presented annually. Eleanor Roosevelt is named the first honoree for her efforts on Hadassah's behalf, most notably as World Patron of Youth Aliyah. HMO opens the Lasker Mental Hygiene and Child Guidance Clinic in Jerusalem (today part of HMO's Department of Psychiatry). Hadassah opens the Hadassah-Yassky Memorial Hospital in Beersheva (devolved to Kupat Holim in 1960). 1950: Two years after

8316-494: The Israeli government, retaining its 32 stations in Jerusalem and surroundings, which it devolves to the government in 1963. The Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Medicine graduates its first class of physicians. The groundbreaking is held for the new medical center at Ein Kerem. Hadassah's educational youth programs in Israel, previously grouped under Hadassah Youth Services, changes name to Hadassah Vocational Education Services. 1953: Hadassah participates in "Operation Reindeer",

8448-422: The Jewish Agency, undertake to contribute to the budget of the foundation, now renamed Machon (or Mosad) Szold, the Szold Institute. 1942: After the U.S. enters World War II, Hadassah immediately mobilizes to support the American war effort. Members establish blood banks, sell war bonds, volunteer in their local communities, while National Hadassah continues to ship food, drugs and medical supplies to Palestine. At

8580-427: The Jewish Queen," and the windows as "jewels of translucent fire." The windows were installed February 1962. At the dedication ceremony, Chagall said: "A stained glass window is a transparent partition between my heart and the heart of the world...To read the Bible is to perceive a certain light, and the window has to make this obvious through its simplicity and grace... The thoughts have nested in me for many years, since

8712-412: The Jewish population benefited most, the Hadassah medical services were available to all the communities in Palestine and many of the poorer classes amongst the Arabs received much assistance from the work of the organization. This disinterested philanthropy of Hadassah deserves recognition: it was a real step towards the promotion of good feeling between the two races; but unhappily the effect of its work

8844-423: The Lottery investigator), Tango Shalom (as the cantor) by Gabriel Bologna, Again (as James) by Omar Salgado, Overload (as Sal) by Mark Aiello, The Redemption (as the violent father) by Steve Carmona, Sorry Charlie (as Adileh's father) by Lawrence Sharp, Hooligans (as the deli owner) by Patrick Lizza, Suddenly Rich (as the real estate agent) for TLC TV, Whistleblowers (CIA Agent) for Spike TV. In March 2015, he played

8976-496: The Nettie Lasker Social Service Department in Jerusalem. 1936: In honor of Henrietta Szold's 75th birthday, the name of the nursing school is officially changed during graduation ceremonies to the Henrietta Szold Hadassah-Hebrew University School of Nursing. October 21 is the Groundbreaking ceremony for the Hadassah-Hebrew University Hospital and Medical School on Mt. Scopus , attended by Henrietta Szold, David Ben-Gurion , hospital architect Erich Mendelsohn and others Young Judaea,

9108-424: The Nurses Training School at the Rothschild Hospital in Jerusalem. The first 22 young women graduated from Hadassah's Nurses' Training School in 1921. In 1924, the unit's name is changed to Hadassah Medical Organization. In 1919, Hadassah organized the first School Hygiene Department in Palestine to give routine health examinations to Jerusalem school children. During the Arab riots of 1920, Hadassah nurses cared for

9240-447: The Nurses' Training School before 1948. The building, where Henrietta Szold lived during her final illness, the first on Mount Scopus to be renovated, is renamed the Judith Riklis Building (Beit Riklis).Hadassah establishes the Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Occupational Therapy, housed in the Edith and James Ross building on Hadassah-Mount Scopus. The Hadassah Community College, Israel's first American-style community college, opens in

9372-480: The Opera du Ranelagh in Paris, which included a concert with pianist Cyprien Katsaris . In April 2011, he sang at the Olympia in Paris. In June 2010, he performed three concerts in Vladikavkaz (Russia) with singers Zarina Maliti and Felix Tsarikati. In June 2011, he performed at the Tchaikovsky Hall in Moscow with Iossif Kobzon . That same month, he played the part of the bodyguard in the movie Chinese Zodiac CZ12, directed by Jackie Chan . In July 2011, he performed

9504-744: The Palestine Supplies Bureau in the 1920s. 1940: Hadassah and the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) form the American Zionist Youth Commission, establishing Hadassah as Young Judaea 's co-sponsor. Hadassah forms an American Affairs Committee, the core of today's American Affairs programs, reflecting Hadassah's concern with the ideals of democracy, freedom and justice in the U.S. and in the yishuv. War relief and defense of democracy are two immediate committee projects. Former Hadassah national president Rose Jacobs starts

9636-676: The President of Israel, Shimon Peres , and performed a concert at the Felicja Blumenthal in Tel-Aviv. In October 2012, he performed his West End debut at the Dominion Theatre in London. In November 2012, he performed in Paris in the lead role of Happy Mac from Duke Ellington 's only Broadway musical Beggar's Holiday . Serero also sang the title role in the first cast album recording. In January 2013, Serero wrote, directed and produced

9768-571: The Prophets , Jerusalem. Rose Halprin , Hadassah's sixth national president, moved to Jerusalem to serve as liaison between the American office and Hadassah in Palestine. The Rothschild-Hadassah University Hospital, the first teaching hospital and medical center in Palestine, opened on May 9, 1939. The Hadassah Medical Organization operated an infirmary in Hebron . The Beit Hadassah clinic had three floors with

9900-758: The Theatre La Bruyere and a concert at the Grand Synagogue of Paris La Victoire. In December 2013, he made his solo Broadway debut at the Bernstein Theatre with his One Man Musical Show. In January 2014, he shared the cover of Theatre & Performance magazine in London with Barbra Streisand ; he released the album The Broadway Baritone, Volume 1, with the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra in April of that year. In April/May 2014, he performed

10032-855: The World (Award for Best Documentary, Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Documentary-Host), Berlin Independent Film Festival (Best Director for a Documentary Award), Eastern Europe Movie Awards (Best Producer Award, Best Director Award, Best Feature Documentary Award), The Cinematic Arts Redemptive Entertainment (CARE) Awards (Best First Time Director Award), and many more. It was selected at The Chelsea Film Festival (New York), The Palm Beach Jewish Film Festival, The San Antonio Jewish Film Festival, The Miami Jewish Film Festival, The Los Angeles Fashion Film Festival, The Dubai Independent Film Festival, The Long Beach International Film Festival, DOCUTAH Film Festival, The Boca Raton Jewish Film Festival, with

10164-654: The Zanger Hall in New York. He performed lead roles in several films in New York such as The Kingdom of the Alley (as Marco) and Ring Ring (as the burglar) by Stephen Skeel, Super Paradise (as Adam the Rabbi) by Nour Matimush, Capicola (as Ralphie) by Mark Aiello, Laundry Day (as Angelo the mobster) by Jake Peterson, Ransom (as Mr Butler) by Brendan Duffy, There will come soft rains (Alonse) by Danielle Boyd and Amarena (Benny's father) by Andrew Abballe. In December, he performed

10296-462: The accusations. 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. In March 1947, the leader of the Arab Forces in Jerusalem, Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni , threatened to blow up the hospital. He did not do so, but attacks were carried out on traffic to and from

10428-552: The activities at the medical campus had to be abandoned. An alternative set of locations in West Jerusalem were adopted by the evacuated medical staff for continuing their activity. In 1961 a new medical complex was built in Ein Karem on the outskirts of Jerusalem. During the Six-Day War , Israel conquered the entire area around Mount Scopus and the old medical campus was eventually reactivated. Both campuses are currently active, with

10560-604: The activities of public and voluntary child and youth welfare services. Hadassah, the Va'ad Leumi and the Jewish Agency fund the project. In 1945, after her death, the organization is renamed the Henrietta Szold Foundation for Child and Youth Welfare. In 1948 it becomes autonomous, with Hadassah participating on the board of directors. In 1960, on the centennial of Szold's birth, the Israeli government, together with Hadassah and

10692-706: The behest of Henrietta Szold, Hadassah begins its vocational education initiatives, later called the Hadassah Vocational Education Services (HVES), by establishing the Alice L. Seligsberg Trade School for Girls, the first school of its kind in Palestine; 35 girls enroll. 1943: Due in part to Hadassah's relentless efforts, the Teheran Children, a group of more than 800 young Polish Jewish refugees, arrive in Haifa, after four years of wandering from Poland through

10824-420: The board of directors. He was replaced by Professor Yoram G. Weiss  [ he ] . In late 2022, Dr. Mahajna, a Palestinian-Israeli cardiologist, found himself suspended from Hadassah Medical Center following allegations that he had provided food to a supposed terrorist and referred to him as a "martyr." However, by January 2023, Dr. Mahajna was reinstated following a mediation process that cleared him of

10956-498: The center with equipment. In addition, $ 3.2 million will be spent on educational activities. It is planned that 10% of the income generated by Israel's Hadassah medical center in Skolkovo will be directed to research activities in the field of oncology. On July 11, 2021, Ze'ev Rotstein  [ he ] , who served as Hadassah Medical Center CEO since 2015, tendered his resignation prior to facing possible disciplinary action by

11088-671: The character of Shylock . In December, he stars as Barabas from the Jew of Malta by Christopher Marlowe in New York. His radio show The Culture News – On the Phone with David Serero becomes aired on iHeart Radio and has done more than 200 interviews of celebrities. In January, he plays the title role of Reb Dovidl Moysheles, the Yiddish King Lear by Jacob Gordin at the Angel Orensanz Foundation in New York in partnership with

11220-568: The cobalt bomb for cancer therapy and graduates the first ten Israel-trained dentists from the Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Dental Medicine. As part of Israel's ongoing commitment to aid developing nations, the Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Medicine begins training African and Asian doctors in cooperation with the World Health Organization and Israel's Foreign Ministry. The initiative later expands to include South American doctors. 1961: Hadassah-Ein Kerem opens on June 6 with

11352-692: The debut album of Russian singer Zarina Maliti on his record label. He announces his new TV Series called " Napoleon in New York" for which he wrote and stars as Napoleon . On September 26 and 27, he performed two open air concerts on Times Square for Best of France with the presence of French President François Hollande . He was also the Master of Ceremony of this event with the Moulin Rouge . On October, he released his new album Sephardi featuring Sephardi songs in Ladino language which he arranged and produced and

11484-496: The establishment of independent Jewish and Arab enclaves in Palestine within a year, travel to and from Mount Scopus becomes increasingly dangerous. Hadassah and Hebrew University personnel are compelled to commute by armed convoy. Part of the process in making their decision involved a visit by members of the United Nations Special Committee on Palestine (UNSCOP) to various facilities throughout Palestine, including

11616-558: The evacuation of Mount Scopus, the Hadassah National Board votes to build a new, state-of-the-art medical center on the hillside above Ein Kerem, a small village west of Jerusalem. A fundraising campaign for this medical complex begins in 1953. As part of its continuing policy of devolution, Hadassah transfers its Nutrition Department, including the school lunch program, to the Israeli government. 1952: Hadassah transfers its network of 134 health welfare stations throughout Israel to

11748-517: The first National Board Mid-Winter meetings held in Israel, ground is broken at Hadassah-Ein Kerem for the Siegfried & Irma Ullman Building for Cancer and Allied Diseases, which will house the Moshe Sharett Institute of Oncology (opens 1976). 1970: Hadassah establishes a youth center on Mount Scopus, for Young Judaeans participating in Israel programs, in the building that was intended for

11880-531: The first Tipat Halav perinatal care center in Jerusalem, and Hadassah opened a hospital in Tel Aviv. The following year, it established a hospital in Haifa. In 1926, Hadassah established the first tuberculosis treatment center in Safed. In 1929, Hadassah opened the Nathan and Lina Straus Health Center in Jerusalem. In the 1930s, planning began for a new hospital to replace the Rothschild hospital founded in 1888 on Street of

12012-549: The first singles of his musical "Scarface, The Al Capone Musical", for which he arranged Jazz standards with Hip-Hop arrangements featuring Jazz, Opera and Burlesque elements. He wins the BroadwayWorld Awards 2020 for Best Performer of the decade, Best Producer of a Musical of the decade (Anne Frank, a Musical), Best Producer of a Play of the decade ( Romeo and Juliet in a Jewish adaptation by David Serero). The Mayor of New York, Bill de Blasio , awards David Serero with

12144-1005: The first voting round of the Grammy Awards (FYC) for Producer of the Year (Non-Classical), Best Musical Theater Album (for "Anne Frank, a Musical" and "Scarface, the Al Capone Musical"), Best Spoken Word Album (for "I, Napoleon"), Best Engineered Album (for "Scarface"). He directs and produces a feature documentary about fashion designer Elie Tahari . The film wins the London Fashion Film Festival (Best Fashion Documentary), Moscow International Design Film Festival (Jury Award), China Beijing Film Festival (Best Documentary Producer Award), Hollywood International Golden Film Award (Best Director Award), American Filmatic Arts Awards (Grand Jury Award Documentary Feature), Impact Docs (Award of Merit 2021), FFTG Awards (Best Fashion Film), Cinema of

12276-747: The guest artist to perform at the New York Jewish Music Festival and performed the annual Gala at the National Arts Club of New York. He played the roles of Lewis the Dauphin and Robert Faulconbridge from King John by Shakespeare at the New York Public Library . He releases the album Richard III, by Shakespeare, in French language adapted by Serero. In September, he performed for the New York Fashion Week and produces

12408-645: The high school, the college and the guidance center under one project, named Hadassah Israel Education Services (HIES). 1973: Graduates of the Young Judaea Year Course in Israel lead a group of olim ("new immigrants") and native-born Israelis and establish Kibbutz Ketura in the Arava region of the Negev. HMO medical teams rapidly mobilize, treating more than 4,000 casualties during the Yom Kippur War . During and after

12540-507: The hospital's trauma center, Ahmed Eid, head of the liver and kidney transplant unit, and Arie Eldad , head of the department of plastic surgery and burns unit. In March 2007, Jewish American billionaire William Davidson donated $ 75 million to the hospital. In 2012, the Sarah Wetsman Davidson Hospital Tower opened with 500 beds and 20 operating theaters. In 2008 Prime Minister John Key of New Zealand made

12672-518: The hospital. On April 13, 1948, an armoured convoy of doctors, nurses, medical students, and other staff made its way to the hospital. The group was ambushed, and 78 people were killed in what became known as the Hadassah medical convoy massacre . Under the 1949 armistice agreement with Jordan , Mount Scopus was declared a demilitarized enclave and operation of the hospital became impossible. The staff moved to temporary quarters in Jerusalem and eventually

12804-533: The infirmary, the pharmacy and the synagogue on the top floor. Free care was provided to Jews and Arabs. The building dates back to 1893 and was originally called the Chesed L'Avraham clinic. In 1929 it was the site of some of the worst of the Hebron massacre . The British Royal Commission, known as the Peel Commission , praised the work of Hadassah in its 1937 report: The Hadassah Medical Organization has developed

12936-546: The intolerable health conditions of postwar Palestine and to create permanent health and welfare programs. From the beginning, it established a principle that it would serve all with equal care, regardless of race, creed, ethnicity or nationality. The AZMU helped to establish six hospitals in Palestine which were then turned over to municipal authorities. Led by Alice Seligsberg , the unit sailed for Palestine in June, bringing desperately needed drugs, medical instruments and supplies, linen and clothing. That year, Hadassah also founded

13068-561: The keys to Hadassah's hospital. At the request of the Israeli government, Hadassah agrees to rebuild its first "hill of healing" as a state-of-the-art general hospital for the surrounding community. Hadassah accepts sole sponsorship of an expanded, co-educational Zionist Youth Movement. Young Judaea and Junior Hadassah are merged as Hashachar (the Dawn) for ages 9–18. Young adults, ages 18–25, become members of Hamagshimim (the Fulfillers). The movement as

13200-707: The lead role of Don Quixote from the musical Man of La Mancha in Paris, Tokyo and Deauville. He received the award of best Actor/singer as Don Quixote from the Dale Wasserman Foundation in Los Angeles. In April 2012, he performed his debut at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. In June 2012, he founded the first Paris Musical Film Festival with the City Hall of Paris. In both July 2012 and 2013, he performed for

13332-515: The lead role of Marcel Proust in the play "Proust & Joyce at the Hotel Majestic" at the French Consulate of New York. In June 2015, he played Off-Broadway the lead role of Shylock from The Merchant of Venice by Shakespeare at the Center for Jewish History in New York to critical acclaim and is featured on Yahoo! Small Business for his expertise on Producing theater. He was

13464-993: The lead role of the first opera in Hebrew, The Dybbuk , at the Kfar Blum Festival, Israel, and performed a concert at the Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem for Israelis and Palestinians children. In September 2011, he performed a concert at the Synagogue of Nazareth in Paris for the European Day of Jewish Culture. In December 2011, he performed in Nouméa (New Caledonia) and in Saint Denis (Reunion Island). In January 2012, he performed Valiente from operetta Andalousia in Lyon and in March, he performed

13596-566: The limit, the Hadassah Medical Organization in Jerusalem asks the Hadassah National Board to provide six American nurses who would work for a year at the Rosh Ha'ayin immigrant camp. Youth Aliyah opens Ramat Hadassah Szold Youth Village near Haifa as a reception center and to receive refugee children from Arab countries, Turkey, Hungary and elsewhere. Today it serves Israeli-born and immigrant children, ages 11 to 15, who require intensive remedial education programs. Hadassah establishes

13728-561: The musical You Are Not Alone , in which he starred with Jermaine Jackson . Serero also arranged and produced I Wish You Love, Jackson's album of Jazz Standards. In this album they both recorded a duet on Autumn Leaves . In April 2013 and 2014, he performed at the Royal College of Music in London for the Festival of Russian songs and was also a Jury member of the competition. In May 2013, he released his solo debut album All I Care About

13860-420: The oldest Zionist youth movement in the U.S. (founded 1909), joins the Hadassah family when Hadassah agrees to provide partial funding for the movement. The British Royal Commission, known as the Peel Commission , praised the work of Hadassah in its 1937 report: The Hadassah Medical Organization has developed a widespread system of clinics in Jewish centres and hospitals in the principal towns...Though naturally

13992-498: The only National Board member in Israel during the Six-Day War , is given a seat in the first Hadassah Medical Organization car to travel to the hospital on Mount Scopus immediately after the war ends. For the first time since 1948, the Hadassah flag was raised at the damaged hospital buildings. At the end of the Six-Day War, National President Charlotte Jacobson and HMO Director-General Dr. Kalman Mann travel to Mount Scopus to receive

14124-551: The opening of the Israel Parade of New York. He is the guest in French acclaimed TV show Vendredi Tout Est Permis with Arthur on TF1 for a special "New York" where he performed "New york, New York" as well as a Moroccan song. He is the founder and artistic director of the American Sephardi Music Festival. He performed an open air concert on 60th street and Park Avenue in New York for Bastille Day organized by

14256-646: The opera competition Operalia , founded by Plácido Domingo , at the Budapest Opera and Pecs Opera . In 2010, he performed more than 50 performances of the lead roles from the operetta La Périchole and La Grande Duchesse de Gerolstein in Paris. And also performed Zapata from the operetta Le Chanteur de Mexico in Nice. In June 2010, he performed a concert in front of the Eiffel Tower for more than 18 000 people. From September 2010 to June 2011, Serero performed at

14388-878: The part of Ludwig van Beethoven in his own one-man-play I, Beethoven for Beethoven 250th's Anniversary. He headlines at the Montreal Sephardic Festival, performs at the Louvre Museum for the Paris Fashion Week , and returns as the Producer of the NY Sephardic Jewish Film Festival where he performs in honor of fashion designer Elie Tahari . He receives the Morocco Day Award 2020 by the Moroccan American Network. He releases

14520-612: The parts of Christopher Sly & Vincentio from The Taming of the Shrew by Shakespeare at the New York Public Library . In April 2015, he starred as the lead in the commercial between Sotheby's and eBay partnership in New York. In May 2015, he played the parts of King Edward and Ratcliff in Richard III by Shakespeare in New York with the Oxford Shakespeare Company directed by Ron Destro, and in that same month he played

14652-416: The phone with David Serero with iTunes Radio . He is featured on the cover of the Sephardic Issue and in the Jewish Week for bringing his Sephardic roots to Shakespeare and Verdi in New York. In May, he sang the title roles in Don Giovanni and Rigoletto at the Carnegie Hall in New York. That same month he performed at the Jerusalem Post Conference in New York. In June he performed at

14784-406: The physicians with whom they had co-operated– Dr. Avraham Ticho and Dr. Helena Kagan – as well as the midwives and probationers were able to carry on their work. Hadassah established the American Zionist Medical Unit (AZMU) in 1918, which was composed of 45 doctors, nurses, dentists and sanitary engineers. The sole female physician in the group was Sophie Rabinoff . The unit was set up to combat

14916-410: The president of Young Hadassah in France since 2011. Serero created The Forbidden Talents (Les Talents Interdits) to bring back to life composers whose music was banned during the Nazi regime. As an Art collector, he published his collection of Movie Stills of American and French Actors. He performed a tribute concert to Daniel Pearl at the Center for Jewish History in October 2015. He performed at

15048-414: The principles of biophilic design, which posits that nature and vegetation impact positively on human health. Below the medical center is the Jerusalem Bio Park (JBP), home to several biotechnology companies, including Hadasit the technology transfer company of Hadassah Medical Center. Hadassah Women%27s Zionist Organization of America Hadassah, The Women's Zionist Organization of America

15180-577: The sophisticated Rothschild-Hadassah University Hospital on Mount Scopus. 1948: While attempting to reach Mount Scopus on April 13, a convoy of Hadassah and Hebrew University doctors, nurses and other personnel are ambushed. Besieged and under fire for hours, in the end 78 people are killed, among them HMO Director Dr. Haim Yassky. Unable to guarantee the safety of its patients or staff, Hadassah evacuates all its facilities on Mount Scopus, relocating all departments to five makeshift hospitals in temporary quarters around Jerusalem. Hadassah's access to Mount Scopus

15312-470: The supervision of the Guggenheimer Playgrounds, with funds from the estate of Bertha V. Guggenheimer. By 1950, when the playgrounds were devolved to the Israel Government's Department of Education, the program had grown to fifty playgrounds throughout the country where urban children had a safe, sanitary place to play. 1929: Hadassah Medical Organization (HMO) opens the Nathan and Lina Straus Health Center to serve Jerusalem's growing population, made possible by

15444-508: The synagogue. Former National President Dr. Miriam Freund-Rosenthal is responsible for enlisting the noted artist and seeing the project to completion. 1964: The Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Dental Medicine moves into its new quarters at Hadassah-Ein Kerem. Chaim Gross' bronze "Mother and Child" sculpture is installed near the entrance to Hadassah-Ein Kerem. 1965: The U.S. Agency for International Development (AID) announces its first grant to Hadassah: $ 335,000 for Hadassah-Ein Kerem and

15576-486: The tailor) by Hongkai Sun, Day to Night (as Saleem) in the horror film directed by Ana Pasisanos and produced by Larry Fessenden, Paisanos in Paris (as Francois) by Ernie Zahn, Near it all by Woody Lewis, Crime Scene: Do Not Cross (as Detective Jack) by Katie Huang, Speedy (as Ali) by Ameer Kazmi, Make it work / How we do it (as the executive) by Nicholas Bruckman with Adrienne C Moore, Gangs of New York – Blood Feuds for Discovery Channel by Andrea de Brito, Alice in America (as

15708-466: The time when my feet walked on the Holy Land, when I prepared myself to create engravings of the Bible. They strengthened me and encouraged me to bring my modest gift to the Jewish people, that people that lived here thousands of years ago." In 2012, a new glassed-in entrance pavilion opened at the foot of the Davidson Tower which funnels all traffic entering the hospital. Alongside the building are four "healing gardens" planned by Shlomo Aronson employing

15840-406: The title roles of Don Giovanni and Rigoletto and starred in more than 100 films and TV series. He has toured in America, Europe, Middle East, Asia and Russia. In 2017, David Serero was honored in Marquis Who's Who for outstanding achievement in the entertainment world and for his contribution for the betterment of contemporary society. He is a member of the Recording Academy ( Grammys ) and

15972-482: The unit. She remained based in Jerusalem until her death in 1945. In 1921, Hadassah nurse Bertha Landsman created Palestine's first permanent infant welfare station, Tipat Halav (Drop of Milk), in Jerusalem. The overwhelming success inspired Hadassah to expand the program, delivering fresh milk to needy families by "donkey express." Hadassah also opened a hospital in Tel Aviv, the city's first hospital. Under Hadassah's philosophy of "devolution," it initiated and developed

16104-704: The war, HMO concentrates on the rehabilitation of the severely burned and wounded, relying heavily on pace-setting rehabilitation services offered through its newly opened Trauma Unit. David Serero (opera singer) David Serero (born 22 April 1981) is a Moroccan-French baritone opera singer. He has played more than 1,500 concerts worldwide, and lead roles in opera, theater and musicals such as Cyrano ( Cyrano de Bergerac ) , Shylock ( The Merchant of Venice ), Othello ( Othello ), Nabucco ( Nabucco ), Don Quixote ( Man of La Mancha ), Richard III ( Richard III ), Napoleon Bonaparte , Escamillo ( Carmen ), Enrico ( Lucia di Lammermoor ), Amonasro ( Aida ),

16236-399: The wounded on both sides. Henrietta Szold also moved to Jerusalem that year to develop community health and preventive care programs. Back in New York in 1920, Alice Seligsberg formed Junior Hadassah, which provided innovative programs for young women who wanted to participate in Hadassah's Zionist mission. In the same year, Henrietta Szold moved to Palestine to lead the medical work started by

16368-415: Was a consultant on the film La Verité si je mens 3 . Serero has performed at concerts to benefit charities including UNICEF , the Hadassah Hospital , Meir Panim , Jewish Deaf Association , Surgeons of Hope and Broadway Cares . He has additionally brought opera programs to schools, hospitals such as the Children hospital of Paris and the Mount Sinai Hospital of New York and prisons. He has been

16500-404: Was a real step towards the promotion of good feeling between the two races; but unhappily the effect of its work was impaired by other influences. The Hadassah Hospital on Mount Scopus opened in 1939 and had to be closed down in 1948. As a result of the 1948 war, Mount Scopus with the Hadassah Hospital were left as an Israeli exclave , guarded by a small number of Israeli armed personnel, and all

16632-445: Was also starring in the French films Eva & Leon ( Emilie Cherpitel ) and Nous Trois ou Rien ( Kheiron ). In September, he released his new album The Crooner Baritone, The Frank Sinatra Classics. He is on the cover of A Nos Arts Magazine in France. From October to December, he returns to Broadway with his One Man Musical Show at the Bernstein Theater and is selected in the final of the Duke Ellington Vocal Jazz Competition as part of

16764-415: Was born at Hadassah Mount Scopus, starred in a fundraising campaign for the hospital. Hadassah Mount-Scopus is currently headed by Dr. Tamar Elram with a staff of 1,200 employs. From 1948 to 1962, Hadassah hospital operated in rented quarters in five different locations in Jerusalem, including what is now the Anglican International School on Street of the Prophets in Jerusalem. In 1961, a new medical complex

16896-410: Was built in Ein Karem in southwest Jerusalem under the direction of then-director general Kalman Mann . The Hadassah Women's Zionist Organization of America again assisted with funding, and the somewhat out-of-the-way location was chosen in part because an appropriate site was difficult to obtain in the city-center, and Hadassah owned a large plot in Ein Karem. The hospital was designed by Joseph Neufeld,

17028-405: Was established in 1912 in New York City to provide health care in Ottoman -ruled Jerusalem. In 1913, Hadassah sent two nurses to Palestine. They set up a small public health station in Jerusalem to provide maternity care and treat trachoma , a dreaded eye disease rampant in the Middle East. During the First World War the Ottoman authorities suspected Jews of sympathies with the enemy and in 1915

17160-402: Was featured at the RASIA Festival in Moscow. In July, he released the album and the video recording of You Are Not Alone, the Musical performed with Jermaine Jackson in 2013, and a documentary called "I Wish You Love, the Making Of" about the recording of Jackson's new album. In the summer 2014, he recorded all the Napoleon 's love letters to Josephine and performed a reading in Paris. He

17292-459: Was impaired by other influences. 1939: The Rothschild-Hadassah University Hospital on Mount Scopus, the first teaching hospital and medical center in Palestine, opens on May 9. New Scopus quarters for the celebrated Henrietta Szold-Hadassah School of Nursing are also dedicated. When World War II begins in Europe on September 1, Hadassah begins war emergency shipments of medical supplies, equipment, food, drugs and clothing to Palestine. Hadassah began

17424-637: Was then the Palestine region of the Ottoman Empire . Because the meeting was held around the time of Purim , the women called themselves "The Hadassah chapter of the Daughters of Zion," adopting the Hebrew name of Queen Esther . Henrietta Szold became the first president. Within a year, Hadassah had five growing chapters in New York, Baltimore, Cleveland, Chicago and Boston. Its charter articulates twin goals: to begin public-health initiatives and nurses training in Palestine, and to foster Zionist ideals through education in America. In 1913, Hadassah sent two nurses to Palestine, Rose Kaplan and Rae Landy . They set up

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