During this war, one of the many challenges for Israelis is how to maintain a semblance of a positive mood against a backdrop of so much worry. It is my view that Israelis are an amazingly positive people, in spite of all the hardships that this country has endured. The remarkable national resilience is inspiring. […]
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There is a sacred covenant between us Israelis and our government and the army. We work, pay taxes, obey the law, do military service, and are good citizens. In turn, the government and the army provide services and protect us from harm. On October 7, that covenant was violated – smashed to pieces. Women, children, […]
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The largest massacre of Jews since the Holocaust stunned us all, in Israel and the Diaspora, and more than four months later, the war against Hamas – Operation Swords of Iron – is still raging. While Jews in the Diaspora shudder over the surge of antisemitism following October 7, many Israelis talk about a nation […]
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As a small country where people like to have protektzia – connections especially through serving together in the IDF – helps Israelis find a place in crowded restaurants and even to find jobs. Women working in organizations are frequently encouraged to cultivate connections to high-status individuals based on a prominent social network theory. But new […]
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Immunotherapy matched to a specific patient to successfully treat patients using biological personalized medicine depends on suiting them to each other – but the technique is very complicated. Now, researchers at the Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine and the Rappaport Family Institute for Research in the Medical Sciences at the Technion-Israel Institute of […]
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The outbreak of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine almost two years ago has spread depression and a decline in people’s sense of well-being not only in the country that was attacked by Russia but also in the attacking country but throughout Europe and probably elsewhere around the world. On February 24, 2022, Russia invaded […]
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Women who want to control their reproduction generally complain that they, and not men, are responsible for avoiding pregnancy, except when males use condoms or undergo invasive vasectomy surgery. With unintended pregnancies costing billions of dollars a year in the US alone and growing limits on abortion, the socioeconomic and health benefits of improved birth […]
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More than half the world’s countries will be at high or very high risk of measles outbreaks by the end of the year unless urgent preventative measures are taken, the World Health Organization warned on Tuesday. Measles cases have been increasing across most regions mainly due to missed vaccinations during the COVID-19 years when health […]
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The Health and Finance Ministries, as well as the Knesset Health Committee, support a significant increase in the health tax that Israelis pay every month. Health insurance tax is levied at 3.1% on the first NIS 7,522 and at 5% on the difference between that figure and the ceiling calculated for monthly income at NIS […]
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The number of Israelis currently diagnosed with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), a serious chronic gastroenterological condition, is about 70,000, but by the end of the decade, it is estimated to rise to 100,000. The standard is one doctor per 400 patients, but in reality, each gastroenterologist takes care of 1,000 people. The Knesset Health Committee, […]
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