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Aug 25, 2026, 3:10 AM

Hadassah Hospital Hospice Diaries: Eliezar and Michelle

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

This is the second of an ongoing series on volunteering at the Ina and Jack Kay Hospice at Hadassah Hospital Mount Scopus. "Suffering is only intolerable when nobody cares. One continually sees that faith in God and his care is...

Sagit Alkobi Fishman

Aug 16, 2026, 4:50 PM

The Only Man Not in the Room

When a casualty notification officer knocks on a door in Israel and tells parents that their son has been killed, she now tells them one thing more: that his sperm can be retrieved and that there are only hours...

Silas Anastacio

Aug 15, 2026, 9:43 AM

Women’s Movement That Helped Build Medicine in Israel Gains Strength in Brazil

A century-old organization, present on five continents, expands its presence in Brazil and connects Brazilian philanthropy to one of the world’s most advanced medical centers. Long before the State of Israel existed, a group of women decided that healthcare in...

Aug 10, 2026, 6:16 PM

Jewish-Arab partnership is Israel’s future

On Sunday, Yehoshua Shani, the uncle of an IDF soldier who had been medically evacuated from Lebanon to Rambam Hospital last week, claimed that Arab staff had purposely mistreated his nephew. According to Shani, “all the nursing staff on...

Aug 10, 2026, 6:11 PM

Families belong in the ICU — and prejudice does not

An Arab nurse gave our family hope when my son lay unconscious. One allegation must not make thousands of caregivers suspect

Jul 31, 2026, 7:49 PM

Lifechanging Experiences: Volunteering at Hadassah’s Hospice

The author with Michal Fleisher, head of the volunteers at Hadassah Hospital Mount Scopus. Photo courtesy of the author.

This is the first of an ongoing series on volunteering at the Ina and Jack Kay Hospice at Hadassah Hospital Mount Scopus. “Life, though precious, is a gift to be relinquished and returned. Sooner or later, we must bid farewell...

Deborah Villanueva

Jul 28, 2026, 8:08 PM

Reproductive Justice and the Sacred Work of Care

As a licensed clinical social worker and doctor of social work, I have spent much of my career sitting with people during some of the most vulnerable moments of their lives. Sometimes those moments involve trauma, grief, violence, poverty...

Jul 24, 2026, 7:10 PM

When the Sirens Stop, the Body Still Remembers

For survivors of sexual violence, prolonged war does not begin on an empty page. It can make an earlier danger feel present again, as though the body has lost control and nowhere is truly safe. During the war, Israel's sexual...

Jul 19, 2026, 5:45 PM

Help Us Hear, O Israel

HEARING

By Marvin Packer, MD—Addressing the high prevalence of age-related hearing loss, the communal and personal failure to remedy it, and the critical consequences for brain health. The Glass Wall Imagine you are sitting in a lecture: The speaker’s voice is clear at...

Jul 16, 2026, 3:25 PM

Is Israel a Good Place to Retire? Here’s the Honest Answer

Most articles about retiring in Israel lead with the weather and the hummus. Both are excellent, but neither pays for healthcare or figures out what happens to your pension when you cross a border. So let's skip the tourism...

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