Hadassah Reaches Out to Jerusalem Community with Women’s Health Fair at Public Market Place
19-Jul-2010
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A “culinary tour” was a highlight of the day’s
activities. |
Reaching out into the community to empower women to become advocates for their own physical and mental health, the Hadassah Medical Center’s Patricia and Russell Fleischman Women’s Health Center, in partnership with the Jerusalem Municipality and Israel’s Ministry of Health, hosted a Women’s Health Day at Jerusalem’s famed outdoor market, Machane Yehuda.
Entitled “Healthy Mediterranean Nutrition,” the event, which featured an array of workshops from baby massage to Tai-chi, to self defense, as well as history and folktales about the neighborhood, brought out over 1,000 people.
“Where better to hold a healthy cooking demonstration by a Hadassah chef than in the middle of colorful Machane Yehuda, where the freshest and healthiest produce can be found?” asks Tal Atzmon, Coordinator of the Fleischman Women’s Health Center.
The Women’s Health Day is an annual event--the first project of its kind in Israel. "Since Hadassah’s inception in the early 20th century,” explains Prof. Neri Laufer, Chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, "Hadassah has been dedicated to improving the health of the community, beginning with pre-natal and infant care. Hadassah is also committed to the health of the community today, and one of our efforts is to hold health events that are open to the general public."
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Prof. Neri Laufer (far left) and Hadassah Medical
Center Director General Prof. Shlomo Mor-Yosef
attended the fair and worked their way around
to the different activities. |
Jerusalem Municipality Representative Yossi Sharabi warmly commended Hadassah saying, "Hadassah is renowned as a high-level research facility and medical institution that even goes out into the community, always thinking outside the box. This is a community project par excellence."
