In the dining room of the Ein Kerem Hotel in Jerusalem, overlooking a magnificent panorama of the Judean Hills, guests approach the bountiful Israeli breakfast laid out elegantly in chafing dishes. The scene seems no different than any other boutique hotel in Israel, except that some of the women at the buffet are wheeling newborns around in bassinets.
Welcome to Hadassah Baby, an unusual hotel within a hotel.
All 28 rooms on the fourth floor of Ein Kerem Hotel are devoted to Hadassah Baby, one of Israel’s four maternity hotels on the premises of medical centers.
Virtually unknown outside of Asia, maternity hotels provide postpartum moms the luxuries of a hotel combined with 24-hour medical care, as well as optional classes on baby care, sleeping and feeding.
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