Shaare Zedek Medical Center

Nine-month-old baby rushed to Shaare Zedek after choking, passes away despite resuscitation efforts

Despite successfully removing the foreign object from the baby’s throat, doctors were unable to stabilize her condition.

|ByDR. ITAY GAL
Illustrative image of a baby girl to frame story of 9-month-old who died in Shaare Zedek after choking. February, 2026.
Prof. Ofer Merin, IFCJ President Yael Eckstein, and Prof. Jonathan HaLevy.

Grapevine, February 13, 2026: An anti-aggression alliance

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

|ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
Silber family members with Shaare Zedek Medical Center staff.

Shaare Zedek Medical Center opens new center for reservists, first responders

The Resilience Center’s professional team, headed by psychiatrist Dr. Jennie Goldstein, who is its medical director, includes therapists from various fields.

|ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
Magen David Adom ambulance outside The Green-Wagner ER

Israel faces early, severe flu season as Health Ministry urges mass vaccination

At least 30 children have been hospitalized in intensive care units due to complications from the flu, including two infants.

|ByPESACH BENSON/TPS

COVID-19 in Israel: 22,360 new cases, R rate in decline

New cases continue to drop * R rate drops to 0.74

FEBRUARY 11, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A Palestinian student receives a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, in Dura, in the West Bank city of Hebron, January 24, 2022.

Grapevine: Talking Teddy Kollek

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

JANUARY 27, 2022ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
TEDDY KOLLEK with puppets at the Train Station in Liberty Bell Park.

Grapevine: Measuring justice

Movers and shakers in Israeli society

DECEMBER 29, 2021ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
Shimon Shetreet

Yeshiva student wounded in Hamas shooting leaves hospital

Aaron Yehuda Imergreen was in serious condition after being wounded in the Hamas shooting in the Old City of Jerusalem, but has now been transferred to Sheba Medical Center for rehabilitation.

DECEMBER 19, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
The site of a shooting attack in the Old City of Jerusalem on November 21, 2021.

Health of yeshiva student wounded in Old City Hamas shooting improves

The attack wounded four people and saw one fatality, 26-year-old South African oleh Eli Kay.

NOVEMBER 23, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
The site of a shooting attack in the Old City of Jerusalem on November 21, 2021.

This week in Jerusalem: Biggest trauma

A weekly round-up of city affairs.

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021ByPEGGY CIDOR
GIVE A warm welcome to the 243 babies born over the chag in Jerusalem’s largest hospitals.

Is the 3rd coronavirus vaccine safe for pregnant women? Yes, say experts

Research on first and second shots by Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek shows no adverse effect on mothers, babies.

AUGUST 25, 2021ByROSSELLA TERCATIN
Pregnant woman receives a vaccine in the US

7 Israeli hospitals to switch to emergency mode due to financial crisis

Beginning Wednesday, Jerusalem’s Hadassah and other facilities will only accept patients in need of life-saving treatments.

AUGUST 24, 2021ByROSSELLA TERCATIN
Shaare Zedek hospital.

Grapevine: New leadership

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

AUGUST 12, 2021ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE Isaac Herzog, a man with much political experience.

Meet the doctor bringing hope to the world of medicine

Growing up, Prof. Ben Corn dreamt of finding a cure for the prostate cancer that killed his father.

AUGUST 12, 2021ByROSSELLA TERCATIN
PROF. BEN CORN: ‘We must incorporate the vision of a more holistic approach to cancer care.’