American Friends of Herzog Hospital

57 West 57th Street, New York, New York 10019
Limited Volunteer Limited Volunteer

OUR MISSION

The American Friends of Herzog Hospital (AFHH) provides financial support to fund services, capital projects, research and purchase of new equipment for Herzog Hospital in Jerusalem. Established in 1894, a small start-up for the Jews of Jerusalem (in what was then Turkish Palestine) who faced a crisis of insufficient psychiatric healthcare, Herzog Hospital has grown today to be the 3rd largest hospital in Jerusalem and is Israel’s foremost center for geriatric, respiratory, mental health, and psychotrauma care, treatment and research. Patients consistently seek out Herzog Hospital with respect to issues associated with aging, such as acute medical problems, rehabilitation, and psychogeriatrics (emphasizing Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s treatment and research), as well as for chronic respiratory care (both adult and pediatric). Herzog Hospital’s research department has earned outstanding international recognition-and has often been featured in the news in Israel and across the world for work in Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, Schizophrenia, and other brain disorders.