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Oct 14, 2026, 3:04 PM

Out of the Worst of Wars, a Better Way to Save a Life

Helicopter evacuation of wounded in Gaza. Photo ©️ Amit Agronov, 2026

When most people picture military medicine, they picture a tent. Perhaps they think of MASH*, the television series named for the Mobile Army Surgical Hospital, a model that made sense for Korea and Vietnam. The wounded were brought to...

Oct 11, 2026, 10:54 AM

When Medicine Becomes a Political Weapon

Photo Credits: Sabine Sterk ( AI)

An opinion on Israel, medical ethics, and the dangerous consequences of allowing ideological hostility to interfere with international healthcare cooperation. Last week, Rotterdam hosted a congress of the World Medical Association, bringing together representatives of medical associations from more than...

Andy Blumenthal

Oct 11, 2026, 4:48 AM

The AI Race Is Also a Race for Survivability

Building more powerful AI is only half the challenge. Israel must ensure essential capabilities keep working under attack—and recover when defenses fail. The cloud is not in the sky. It has an address. Behind every AI service is physical equipment that...

Oct 8, 2026, 1:33 AM

Hadassah Hospital Hospice Diaries: The Families

The author on the patio of Hadassah Hospital Mount Scopus Hospice. Photo courtesy of the author.

This is the fourth in an ongoing series on volunteering at the Ina and Jack Kay Hospice at Hadassah Hospital Mount Scopus. “Suffering! We owe to it all that is good in us, all that gives value to life;...

Oct 6, 2026, 10:57 AM

When Medicine Becomes a Political Weapon

Photo Credits: Sabine Sterk

From October 7 until October 10, the World Medical Association will hold its General Assembly at the World Trade Center in Rotterdam. The dates themselves are painful. October 7 is not an ordinary date for Israelis or Jews. It...

Brendon Stewart Freedman

Oct 6, 2026, 9:39 AM

Should Family Physicians Encourage Patients to Vote?

Voting can empower and perhaps improve health.

What Does Voting Have to Do with Health? What does voting have to do with health? More than you might think. A study of 170 countries found that those with stronger democratic institutions tended to have healthier populations, particularly when those...

Sep 26, 2026, 1:31 PM

IVF in Israel vs. America: Dr. Eliran Mor Trained in Both

Someone close to me went through IVF. I mostly watched from the outside: the injections, the blood draws, the stretches of waiting for a phone call that could go either way. I'm not going to pretend I understand what...

Silas Anastacio

Sep 25, 2026, 12:25 AM

Jewish Hospital Albert Einstein Puts Brazil at the Top of Global Medicine

In 2026 and 2027, Brazil established itself as a medical powerhouse in Latin America and on the world stage. The Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein — a Jewish institution — led international rankings in eight specialties, while the country was...

Silas Anastacio

Sep 22, 2026, 3:10 AM

The Immigrant Who Turned Gratitude into Care

Lebanese Jew creates project that provides free care to thousands of children In the 1960s, young Vivian de Picciotto arrived in Brazil with his mother, the widow Fortunée, and his brother Moussy. The family had no financial means, neither in...

Ibrahim Mukherjee

Sep 16, 2026, 5:19 AM

USPI Part 2 – Mind as a Public Good and Pathways.

Author’s note: In the previous article, the index was referred to as both UPSI and USPI while the naming was being refined. The final name used here is USPI — the ʿUmar Stewardship Performance Index. The underlying idea has...

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