Memory

Forgetting words? Dr. Maya Rosman with the ingredient that helps

Word retrieval and mental sharpness are not a decree of fate determined by age alone. Smart nutrition can give the brain the tools it needs to find the exact right word at the exact right moment.

Smart nutrition can give the brain the tools it needs to find the exact right word at the exact right moment
Why we recognize faces but don't remember from where?

New study: Why we recognize faces but don't remember from where

Chef Alon Shaya uses food and memory to preserve Holocaust stories for a new generation.

When food becomes memory: Alon Shaya's culinary tribute to Holocaust survivors

A legacy of love and service: Remembering Ariel Sosnov

A legacy of love and service: Remembering Ariel Sosnov


Remembrance Day: Honoring the lives lost with mission-driven innovation

Yom HaZikaron is a moment of national stillness, but for those in defense tech, it is also a reminder of why they build

Memorial ceremony on Har Herzl in Jerusalem, Israel. April 19, 2026.

Living kindness, a life legacy: In memory of Pinchas Cohen

In the wake of loss, Rivka Cohen transformed her son's legacy into a refuge for soldiers and at-risk youth, ensuring Pini's spirit lives on in acts of kindness.

Living kindness, a life legacy: In memory of Pinchas Cohen

How to reach the age of 80 with the memory of a 50-year-old

A new study found that eighty-year-olds with particularly sharp memory have a significantly higher number of young nerve cells in the hippocampus region of the brain.

Even at the age of eighty, the brain is not necessarily a frozen and declining organ

Nature paper ties SuperAgers to elevated hippocampal neurogenesis

"This is biological proof that their brains are more plastic, and a real discovery that shows that neurogenesis of young neurons in the hippocampus may be a contributing factor," said Tamar Gefen.

Senior citizens enjoy a tour of the Kiryat Meir neighbourhood of Tel Aviv. July 28, 2024.

Not genetics: The common trait of clear-minded 80-year-olds

Studies show that not only genetics determine memory status in older age. These are the daily actions that activate brain regions and help maintain quick thinking even in the later decades of life.

Not dramatic actions but repeated behaviors built over years that create a kind of brain protective layer

Dr. Ya’akov Chernes on memory, trauma, and the brain’s role in shaping experiences - interview

Expert tells ‘Post’ why brain remembers pain and why it must forget

DR. YA’AKOV (KOBY) CHERNES.

Dr. Maya Rosman reveals: This is the dinner that will improve your memory

We are used to hearing about breakfast as a factor that contributes to health, but your dinner has no less of an impact. So what should you eat, and no less importantly – when?

A diet rich in tryptophan in the evening for better sleep and better memory

When centenarian survivors die, their lucid wartime memories go with them

Centenarian Holocaust survivors carry memories forged in adolescence; their passing marks the fading of a rare, irreplaceable perspectiv

Tova Ringer (center), a Holocaust survivor who passed away in September 2025 aged 102, won Israel’s annual Miss Holocaust Survivor beauty pageant in 2018 at age 93.

Raised with survivors: A journalist's journey to uncover her family's past

‘The Jerusalem Post’s’ Greer Fay Cashman recalls growing up surrounded by Holocaust survivors and her visits to Poland with Israeli leaders.

Placards with hand written messages on them line train tracks during The International March Of The Living at Auschwitz- Birkenau.

Media legend Avi Meller’s death dims lights of Israel’s sporting arenas

Avi’s on-screen eloquence, even in Hebrew, was clearly shaped by his affinity for British commentators and broadcasters, and Israeli sports viewers highly appreciated it.

THE WRITER (right) sharing a drink and a smile with Avi Meller in the UK ambassador’s residence in Ramat Gan in 2012 at an event to promote the London Olympics.