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Windows on Memory and Resilience

JL;DR SUMMARY Marc Chagall's stained-glass windows at the Hadassah Medical Center's synagogue in Ein Kerem, Jerusalem symbolize resilience and hope for Israel and the Jewish people. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Marc ChagallJewish CommunitiesResilienceJewish WomenHadassahUnityOctober 7 AttacksStained Glass Windows

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France
"A Hadassah delegation visited Marc Chagall in France in 1959, hoping to elicit a work of art for the Hadassah Medical Organization complex under construction in Ein Kerem."
Ein Kerem, Jerusalem, Israel
"The outcome was the extraordinary set of 12 windowsrepresenting the original tribes of Israelthat makes Hadassah Medical Center a place of pilgrimage and a tourist attraction, in addition to being the flagship of Israeli medicine."
Mount Scopus, Jerusalem, Israel
"Our original campus on Mount Scopus was cut off behind the Jordanian lines during Israels 1948 War of Independence."
Jerusalem, Israel
"For the next 13 years, Hadassah operated out of a constellation of satellite buildings in central Jerusalem."
Israel
"Earlier this month, all Israel marked the two-year anniversary of the devastating October 7 attacks that took more than 1,200 lives."
United States
"Hadassah has also renewed its purpose in America."

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