For more than a century, Shaare Zedek Medical Center has been providing top-level medical care for the people of Jerusalem. Since opening its doors as a 20-bed hospital on Jaffa Road in 1902, the hospital has provided services crucial to the city’s development. Named after the inspiring biblical term “Gates of Righteousness,” Shaare Zedek has responded to the needs of Jerusalem’s uniquely diverse population from its very first day of operation, treating patients of every race, religion and nationality.
Thoughtfully combining a healthy blend of advanced medicine with compassionate care, the hospital has become recognized as a highly sought after medical provider throughout Jerusalem, Israel and the broader medical community. 

A highly esteemed academic and research institution, Shaare Zedek serves as a teaching hospital fully academically affiliated with the Faculty of Medicine of the Hebrew University, Jerusalem and additionally teaches medical students from Ben Gurion University of the Negev, making it the only hospital in Israel providing extensive teaching to two out of Israel's four Faculties of Medicine. 
This relationship has been mutually enriching and has served to advance research and teaching as top priorities alongside patient care.
 
Looking to the Future
Shaare Zedek receives no financial support from the Israeli government. It relies on the generosity of friends around the world in order to fund and carry out research, upgrade vital equipment and continuously maintain and further expand its facilities. In embracing the vision of compassionate and technologically advanced care that has characterized Shaare Zedek since the earliest parts of the twentieth century, the hospital proudly stands at the medical forefront both in Israel and around the world.