Posts Tagged: Israel health care
Needed Stat: A Medical School in Ariel
JNS.org - In recent years, Israel has faced a shortage of doctors who trained in the Jewish state. More than half of the new doctors...
Award-Winning Israeli Cancer Researcher Looks to New Breakthroughs
JNS.org - A rapidly aging population and increased environmental risks have led cancer to overtake heart disease as the leading cause of death in parts of...
Adventures in the Israeli Healthcare System
JNS.org - When I made aliyah over a year ago, I was warned that it would be hard. As I had no family here, many people gave...
My First Time Experiencing Israel’s Health-Care System
JNS.org - It all started with a pain in my neck. Traveling in the Czech Republic, I woke up with a very sore neck that radiated...
Israeli Spending on Private Health Services Among Highest in OECD
JNS.org - Israel is one of the five developed countries where citizens pay the most money out of pocket for medical services and where private expenditure...
Shimon Peres: Israel’s Best Foreign Policy is its Medical Industry
HAIFA, ISRAEL – More than 150 leading medical researchers, healthcare policy makers, and philanthropists gathered recently at northern Israel’s leading medical center, Ramban Hospital, for...
All Abortions for Women in Israel Aged 20-33 to be Funded by State in 2014
JNS.org - Israeli health officials announced Monday that starting in 2014, the Jewish state will begin funding abortions for women aged 20-33 regardless of circumstance. Abortions...
“ŽIsrael Has the Right to Exist – Now the Left Must Defend It
"ŽSupporters of Israel have erected a strong wall around the threatened state. But it's a political Maginot Line, with a frightening gap in the fortifications....
American Olim Bring Spiritual Care to Israel
JNS.org - Israelis have a reputation for being frank and direct—dugri, in local parlance. But when it comes to death and dying or...
Youth and Beauty Abound in Israel
On a recent return visit to Israel this summer, I couldn't help but notice its beauty; the land and seas of course but also the...
Israel Ranks Fourth Globally in Health Care Efficiency
JNS.org - Israel ranks 4th in a new ranking system on global health care efficiency, ahead of advanced countries in Europe and North America. According to data...
