Over the past year and a half, one of the concrete buildings on Mount Scopus in Jerusalem has become a symbol of recovery. What began as an emergency response during the \u201cIron Swords\u201d war has grown into one of Israel\u2019s leading rehabilitation centers. This week, Hadassah officially dedicated the Gandel Rehabilitation Center \u2013 an event rooted in faith, technology and human resilience.<\/p>\n
Funded through the generous contribution of John and Pauline Gandel from Melbourne, the center includes a modular hydrotherapy pool, advanced lifting systems, computerized motion-range devices and a robotic walking lab.
The inauguration was attended by Israel\u2019s President Isaac Herzog, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Hadassah Chair Dalia Itzik, Hadassah Women\u2019s Organization President Carol Ann Schwartz, Hadassah Director General Prof. Yoram Weiss and medical teams.<\/p>\n
The ceremony was deeply emotional, as rehabilitated soldiers shared their personal stories \u2013 from severe injury to physical and emotional recovery.<\/p>\n
President Herzog said: \u201cThe Gandel Rehabilitation Center gives every human being the vital gift \u2013 hope: hope for healing, for independence and for dreaming again.\u201d
Prime Minister Netanyahu added: \u201cThis is not just a building \u2013 it is a structure of hope and of tomorrow\u2019s new world. The best people are the doctors here.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hadassah Women\u2019s President Carol Ann Schwartz noted that opening the center ahead of schedule came \u201cfrom a sense of national duty to help the wounded.\u201d
Chair Dalia Itzik added: \u201cRight after October 7 we all understood the magnitude of the moment and advanced the opening by a year and a half.\u201d
Hadassah Director Prof. Yoram Weiss concluded: \u201cThe center impresses not only by its appearance but by its essence and its soul \u2013 here, lives are being rebuilt.\u201d<\/p>\n
The event also unveiled the \u201cBoulevard of Resilience\u201d \u2013 a walkway featuring footprints of former IDF chiefs of staff and defense officials alongside those of wounded soldiers, symbolizing a shared journey toward recovery and life.
The project was designed to honor the long path of rehabilitation and to connect generations of Israel\u2019s defenders. Each IDF chief selected a soldier whose story moved him, and together they imprinted their steps \u2013 a tangible symbol of walking from darkness into light.
Hadassah leaders say the boulevard represents mutual responsibility and national resilience, serving as an inspiration for visitors and patients alike.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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