Shiva.com Partners with Hadassah to Create New Sympathy Content

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September 17, 2015

Jewish sympathy website shiva.com announces a partnership with Hadassah, The Women's Zionist Organization of America, Inc. to provide content for remembering loved ones and expressing condolences.

NEW YORK, NY — Shiva.com, the resource for Jewish mourning, announced this week that it has partnered with Hadassah, The Women’s Zionist Organization of America, Inc., which has over 330,000 members and supporters. Hadassah now joins shiva.com’s growing list of prominent organizations to help people learn about and plan following the loss of a loved one.

With this partnership, Hadassah’s members will have direct access to the hundreds of articles in shiva.com’s Learning Center, specifically the Yahrzeit and Kaddish Center. The Yahrzeit and Kaddish Center is a resource providing information and guidance on ways to commemorate loved ones according to the Jewish faith.

“Many of our wives, mothers and grandmothers have worked tirelessly as members of Hadassah to strengthen Jewish values and the lives of women everywhere, so we know the unparalleled dedication the group brings to everything it does in the US and in Israel,” says Michael Schimmel, CEO and founder of shiva.com.

Hadassah shares similar sentiments about its new partners. “Hadassah supports its members during joyous occasions and times of sorrow,” says Marcie Natan, Hadassah’s National President, “and this partnership enables us to provide comfort and critical information at some of the most difficult times in our members’ lives.”

Hadassah provides valuable resources and services (what does "service" mean here?) following a loss. Its ‘Perpetual Yahrzeit’ program allows members to have the Kaddish prayer recited in memory of a loved one each year under the renowned Chagall Windows in the Fannie & Maxwell Abell Synagogue at Hadassah’s hospital in Ein Kerem, Jerusalem. Hadassah also offers the ability to remember the lives of family members and friends through memorial plaques placed throughout its two hospitals and youth villages.

The two organizations expect the partnership to be integrated by September.

About Hadassah, The Women’s Zionist Organization of America:

Hadassah, The Women’s Zionist Organization of America, is the largest Jewish women’s organization in the United States. With nearly 300,000 members, donors and supporters, Hadassah brings women together to effect change on such critical issues as ensuring Israel’s security, combating antisemitism and promoting women’s health care. Through its Jerusalem-based hospital system, the Hadassah Medical Organization, Hadassah helps support exemplary care for more than 1 million people every year as well as world-renowned medical research. Hadassah’s hospitals serve without regard to race, religion or nationality and in 2005 earned a Nobel Peace Prize nomination for building bridges to peace through medicine. Hadassah also supports two youth villages that set at-risk youth in Israel on the path to a successful future. Visit www.hadassah.org or follow Hadassah on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Threads and X.