1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (227+ words) JNS provides comprehensive Israel and Jewish news coverage, features, and analysis to print and digital publications across the globe. The analysis found a strong link between a sense of worth and cognitive performance A sense of usefulness to others may…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (590+ words) The COVID-19 pandemic was not only a test of health systems. It was also a test of whether governments could be trusted to report what was happening, and a new Israeli study suggests that the strength of a country’s institutions…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (603+ words) As the Jewish New Year approaches, Magen David Adom (MDA), Israel’s national emergency medical service, is looking back on a year of saving lives across the country, in routine emergencies and during times of war and crisis. During the Hebrew…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (576+ words) A huge plume of microalgae from Egypt is threatening Israel’s desalination plants and has taken two of them offline completely. Israel has compensated for the decline in desalinated water by increasing pumping from the Kinneret (Sea of Galilee) and underground…...

6+ day, 4+ min ago   (367+ words) Israeli and German scientists have identified a previously unknown mechanism through which the loss of a key cancer-fighting protein can damage a cell’s DNA, potentially shedding new light on how tumors develop. The protein, known as p53, is one of the…...

6+ day, 21+ hour ago   (221+ words) SafeHeart, the organization providing mental health treatment to survivors of the Oct. 7 music festivals and their families, has concluded a series of five retreats for mental health professionals held during July and August at the Secret Forest in Cyprus. Since…...

1+ week, 21+ hour ago   (220+ words) A young Israeli boy is hospitalized in serious condition with severe brain inflammation caused by a rare amoeba, the Israeli Health Ministry said on Sunday. An initial epidemiological investigation found that the boy, around 9 years old, had swum at Kursi…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (525+ words) The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued a guidance letter on Thursday to healthcare providers and other entities that receive department funding, clarifying how federal antidiscrimination laws apply to instances of Jew-hatred. “Jewish and Israeli patients, students and healthcare…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (293+ words) Israel Cancer Research Fund (ICRF) has announced $5.35 million in new cancer research grants for the 2026-27 funding year, supporting 38 research projects led by scientists at institutions across Israel. These new commitments are being supported by ICRF International/US, ICRF Israel and…...