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Hugs, slinkies and trauma care: How the Israeli health system will

WEBTEL AVIV — Israeli health, military and government officials have been preparing for what a release of hostages from Gaza would look like since Oct. 7.But on …

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What Israel has learned from its battle with COVID-19

WEBA health worker administers a dose of the Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine to a pregnant woman at Clalit Health Services in Tel Aviv, Jan. 23, 2021.(Jack Guez/AFP via Getty Images)

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Rachel Levine is named an admiral, becoming the most senior …

WEBThe public health corps, established more than 200 years ago and numbering 6,000 workers, is deployed to assist in national health emergencies, most …

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New Jewish project puts youth mental health crisis front and …

WEB“The mental health crisis affecting our communities is something we must confront head on,” said Eric Fingerhut, CEO of Jewish Federations of North America. …

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Hereditary cancers aren’t just a women’s problem. Jewish men …

WEBThe 20-year-old organization also runs various peer support networks, offers financial assistance to cancer patients, provides mental health counseling and guidance …

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New trauma-sensitive approach for aiding Holocaust survivors …

WEB(MJHS Health System) Since its establishment in 2015, the center has assisted 35,000 Holocaust survivors, as well as nearly 5,000 older adults with a history …

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The Jewish Faucis: Orthodox doctors battle COVID — and …

WEBIt was the message the letter sent to community members who were trying to follow public health guidance. “I’m more upset about that than anything else, that they’re …

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I've been helping Orthodox Jews fight addiction and mental illness …

WEBHe wasn’t able to join us for our 2015 mental health conference, a groundbreaking two days that gave mental health professionals the opportunity to share …

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and how to reduce the risks

WEBBetter education about the dangers of sun exposure are credited for helping bring Israel's skin cancer rate down from the world's second-highest a decade ago to …

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A 100-year-old Jewish doctor in Cleveland is officially the world's

WEBBorn in 1922, Tucker knew he wanted to pursue a career in medicine while a student at Cleveland Heights High School. “In those days, neurology was a truly …

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Where US Jews can donate to support Israel's hospitals, troops

WEBMental health resources are also much-needed at this time. Helplines are getting an unprecedented number of calls from people mentally and emotionally affected …

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In Orthodox communities where pregnancy is prized, vaccines and

WEBUnfounded claims that the vaccines cause infertility is causing fear in a community where large families are prized, even as 37-year-old mother of three …

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Once Shrouded In Silence, Young Jews Are Demanding Openness …

WEBThe mental health support group, which Mlotek started in January 2016, speaks to a growing need among young Jews to create more personal, hands-on …

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More than 2,700 health workers signed a pro-ceasefire letter that

WEBMore than 2,700 health care workers signed a call for a ceasefire in Gaza that is being submitted to The Lancet, a prestigious medical journal.

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For war-related rehab, leading Israeli hospital uses innovative

WEBPatients, most of whom spend two to three months in rehab, have access to an array of therapies at Sheba, including physical, occupational, and hydro therapies, as …

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Orthodox Jewish Health Care Workers Give Covid Advice that Few …

WEBOn March 17, the White House organized a call with 15 leading Orthodox rabbis in New York City, including prominent chasidic leaders, to urge the community to …

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Unique therapy program offers troubled Jewish youth a distinctly

WEBKIBBUTZ HAZOREA, Israel — Throughout high school, B. rarely did his homework, struggled to complete school assignments and used marijuana on a daily …

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Leading American medical journal faces down its own history of

WEBAccording to the article, NEJM first mentioned Adolf Hitler in a 1935 article by Michael M. Davis, a leading figure in American health policy, and Gertrud Kroeger, a …

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7 ways to offer support and Jewish strength to friends or loved …

WEBFleischmann — whose organization offers extensive resources for cancer patients, ranging from emotional support, mental health counseling and education to …

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Israeli army surrounds main Gaza hospital it claims is a Hamas HQ …

WEBAccording to the Hamas-run Health Ministry in Gaza, more than 11,000 people have died in the fighting, including thousands of children. Hamas’ figures do not …

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Ady Barkan, healthcare activist who fought Lou Gehrig's disease, …

WEBAdy Barkan, an Israeli-American lawyer and one of the country’s most visible progressive activists for single-payer health care, died Wednesday at a hospital in …

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Telling The Truth About Mental Illness

WEBEither their children are struggling with mental illness, or they are new in their grief for a child who has taken his or her own life. Sometimes they are seeking …

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