''Hadassah Magazine'' is an American

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published by the

Hadassah Women's Zionist Organization of America Hadassah, The Women's Zionist Organization of America is an American Jews, American Jewish volunteer List of women's organizations, women's organization. Founded in 1912 by Henrietta Szold, it is one of the largest international Jewish organiz ...

. It covers Israel, the Jewish world, and subjects of interest to American Jewish women. It was established in 1914.

Esther G. Gottesman Esther G. Gottesman (née Garfunkel; 1898 - October 1, 1997) was an American philanthropist and Zionist. Early life and education Gottesman was the daughter of Aaron and Sarah Garfunkel. Her father was a founder of the Federation of Jewish Philan ...

a long-serving member of the Hadassah Board of Directors, is credited with developing the organization's newsletter into a widely respected, mass-circulation magazine. The periodical made the transition from a newsletter produced by volunteers, to a professional magazine staffed by salaried journalists in 1947 under the leadership of

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Jesse Z. Lurie, a journalist who had previously worked for the ''Palestine Post'' and who would edit ''Hadassah'' for the next 33 years. In 1986, when the magazine had a circulation of 385,000, ''Hadassah'' banned cigarette advertising. The magazine's chairman, Rose Goldman, told the ''

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'' that advertising tobacco was not "in keeping with the mission and philosophy of the organization." The popular "Jewish Traveler" column began in 1983, with articles by an array of Jewish writers reporting on sites of Jewish interest in destinations worldwide.

Ribalow Prize

The magazine annually awards the Ribalow Prize for a work of fiction on a Jewish theme.

Books

Several collections of ''Hadassah'' articles were published as books. *''The Jewish Traveler: Hadassah Magazine's Guide to the World's Jewish Communities and Sights'' (1994) *''The Hadassah Magazine Jewish Parenting Book'', edited by Roselyn Bell (Avon, 1991)

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