Category Medical Clown

19 Dec

The War has caught Israeli Hospitals Unprepared to Handle the High Number of Wounded

Since October 7, more than 10,580 Israelis have been wounded in the war with Hamas in Gaza, attacks along the Lebanon border, and terrorist attacks in the West Bank, according to the Health Ministry. The latest figures provided by the Defense Ministry indicate that 6,125 of the wounded are IDF soldiers and members of the […]

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28 Apr

REACHING OUT TO UKRAINE’S REFUGEES: HADASSAH’S HUMANITARIAN MISSION IN POLAND

We’ve all seen pictures from the Polish refugee centres—halls filled end-to-end with mattresses, mothers trying to keep children of all ages occupied while nearly overwhelmed themselves with anxiety and uncertainty, older people grasping their possessions, overcome with being suddenly uprooted, some not for the first time. Into this confusion steps the staff of the Hadassah’s […]

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14 Apr

Hadassah Heroes Blog: Medical Clown Dush provides comfort to Ukrainian refugees

‘’A one in a million chance’’ By David ‘Dush’ Barashi   Let me tell you a story of which the end is still unknown… While I was in a refugee camp at the Ukraine-Poland border, working with refugees who have powerful emotions, fears and occasionally heartfelt smiles.   I stopped for a moment at Hadassah […]

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22 Feb

AN UPDATE FROM HADASSAH HOSPITAL’S MEDICAL CLOWNS

The Hadassah UK Purim Campaign supports Hadassah’s Medical Clowns A MESSAGE FROM DAVID ‘DUSH’ BARASHI – ‘’HAPPY PURIM TO OUR HADASSAH UK SUPPORTERS’’ As Hadassah Hospital’s Head Clown, I am pleased and privileged to provide you, our partners in the Hadassah “Dream Doctor” Clown Project, with this update. I will share with you how our […]

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3 Jan

Basket Ball Stars Bring Joy to Children at Hadassah Hospital

For the 24th year in a row, the basketball stars of Hapoel Jerusalem came to Hadassah Hospital Ein Kerem to bring holiday cheer to the paediatric patients. Parents wearing a mix of head coverings—kippot, scarves, and hijabs—and their children enjoyed the Chanukah party. Speakers compared the tall and famous basketball players to the heroic Maccabees […]

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23 Sep

An Oasis of Peace

To many, the term “Middle East peace” represents the impossible dream, if not the ultimate contradiction in terms. But there is a place in the region where Jews, Muslims and Christians meet peacefully every day on the basis of shared concerns and a sense of humanity. It’s not a country, though it is older than […]

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4 Jul

“Just Clownin’ Around!” Medical Clown at Hadassah Hospital heals with happiness

When David ‘Dush’ Barashi walks up to you in the hallway, he comes across as animated, a cartoon figure come to life. You feel like you’re meeting a Disney character. Perhaps from “Aladdin” or “Pirates of the Caribbean.” His mop of salt and pepper hair and twistable mustache looks like it spawned from the barbershop […]

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19 Mar

Hadassah’s Medical Clown David “Dush” Barashi does serious World Healing

Israeli Medical Clowns Do Serious Work Healing the World by ISRAEL21c | 03.11.19 Israel Defense Forces medical missions always fly to disaster zones with tons of medical equipment. For David “Dush” Barashi, the most critical piece of equipment is his red nose. A veteran member of Israel’s Dream Doctors Project, Barashi and fellow medical clowns […]

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13 Jul

Hadassah Head Medical Clown visits London

Hadassah UK brought over to London our Head Medical Clown; David Barashi aka “DuSH” to highlight in the UK how medical clowning in Israel, pioneered at Hadassah Hospitals in Jerusalem, has developed to a new level over the last 14 years. DuSH was one the people who have helped change and develop medical clowning from […]

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