Leaders and members of Hadassah from all parts of the United States sailed for Israel today aboard the SS Independence. They are part of a 400-member Hadassah Pilgrimage to Israel, headed by Mrs. Herman Shulman, former national president of Hadassah. Other Hadassah participants in the Pilgrimage will make the trip to Israel by chartered flights.
The high point of the Hadassah Pilgrimage’s two-week stay in Israel will be the dedication on August 3rd of the $25,000,000 Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center. The Medical Center is located on the western outskirts of Jerusalem, at Kiryat Hadassah, overlooking Ein Karem.
Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion and Ogden Reid, United States Ambassador to Israel, will speak at the Medical Center dedication ceremonies. Other key speakers will be Dr. Miriam K. Freud, national president of Hadassah; Professor B. Mazar, president of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem; and Dr. Kalman J. Mann, director-general of the Hadassah Medical Organization in Israel. The Medical Center has been under construction for four and a half years, at a site selected by Israel’s Prime Minister for this purpose.
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