America will soon be 250 years old. That’s not a long time in the history of the world or of world governments. But it’s been enough time to embrace our democratic system and to continue perfecting what was once considered an experiment.

Some people feel that it’s still an experiment, waiting to be proven successful. Our government, guided and governed by the US Constitution, was formed as a body of the people. All men and women were to be equal in the eyes of the law; yet, in practice, that remains debatable. We continue to evolve. And Hadassah has been an active participant in our evolution since its founding in 1912!

Throughout our country’s history, the priority has been that we be represented, both individually and collectively, through our democratic government. We all have a right to think for ourselves, speak, agree and disagree and make our ideas known to our lawmakers through the local representatives we elect. As President Abraham Lincoln said in his Gettysburg Address, we are to have a “government of the people, by the people and for the people.”

To this point, my membership in Hadassah is a source of enormous personal pride. A bipartisan women’s organization, Hadassah is comprised of educated, intelligent, passionate Zionist women and Hadassah Associates, our male counterparts, who are devoted  to both America and Israel.

My co-chair, Jill Goldstone, and I were honored to lead a contingent of over 200 Hadassah members to the halls of Congress on March 10. We brought the voices of over 300,000 Hadassah members nationwide to our national legislators in Washington, D.C., for Hadassah’s 2026 Day on The Hill.  

Our elected congressional legislators, both senators and representatives, regularly open their doors to constituents through events such as these, which offer people the opportunity to speak with them either directly or through their key staff members. The meetings allow us to either express support for their current positions or explain to them why we disagree and........

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