Shaare Zedek Medical Center

Cara Nachshon: The grandma with a red nose in her pocket

“I think I’ve always been a clown. It’s always been inside me. But I finally did the course that entitled me to put on a red nose. At 58, it was the right time in my life to do it.” 

CARA & TONY NACHSHON surrounded by their children at a family dinner.
Yechiel Leiter, Israeli Ambassador to the US, outside the Shaare Zedek Medical Center after his son was wounded in a terror attack, September 24, 2026.

'Not yet out of danger': Israeli envoy to US shares update on son following terror attack

 A woman with diabetes is seen using an injection (Illustrative).

Can young diabetics safely observe Jewish fasts? Insulin pump tweaks can help, Israeli study finds

Yechiel Leiter, Israeli Ambassador to the US, outside the Shaare Zedek Medical Center after his son was wounded in a terror attack, September 24, 2026.

Israeli envoy to US's son fighting for life in hospital after car-ramming attack, Leiter says


Medical personnel protest excessive police violence against demonstrators

"Dr. Tal Weissbach was injured at a protest in Jerusalem after the spray from a water cannon hit her in the eye while she was identifiable as a medical professional," protest organizers said.

 Medical personnel protest police violence, June 19 2024 against protesters

Don't wait till 38: Freezing your eggs late is not as simple or successful

After reaching their mid-30s, female fertility demonstrates a notable decline as age progresses, eventually resulting in age-related infertility.

  It is important to carefully read the ingredient lists of the care products. A pregnant woman wrapped in a towel and holding cream.

Memories: A 10-minute conversation with former Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin - opinion

For 10 minutes, I found myself alone with Menachem Begin in Shaare Zedek Medical Center. And those 10 minutes are engraved on my memory forever.

 MENACHEM BEGIN with the Shaare Zedek care team. Writer Dvora Waysman at R; directly behind him are (L) Prof. Jonathan Halevy, director-general; and Dr. Efraim Meltzer, his physician.

Finance Ministry: Raise of minimum wage 'will lead to our collapse'

The long meeting discussed the effect of the minimum wage on the functioning of hospitals run by non-profit organizations.

 The Finance Ministry offices are seen on May 14, 2023

This week in Jerusalem: Complex complaints

A weekly round-up of city affairs.

 Empty beds in the intensive care unit at the Coronavirus ward of Shaare Zedek hospital in Jerusalem on October 14, 2021.

This eye doctor has spent 40 years training and treating people in Jerusalem

Over the course of those nearly 40 years, Seelenfreund helped to train 80 resident eye doctors and treated thousands of Jerusalemites.

 Dr. Morty Seelenfreund, 84 From Englewood, New Jersey to Jerusalem, 1980

Hamas ambushes IDF troops, killing three, wounding others

The Hamas attacker fired the missile on the structure where the soldiers were basing themselves at the time.

 IDF soldiers carry out ground operations in the Gaza Strip.

Ministries argue over giving Israeli hospitals permission to purchase more imaging devices

Tamar Chin, health liaison in the Treasury’s budget division, replied that her ministry weighs budget versus needs and that per-capita rates were recently updated.

A radiologist examines breast X-rays after a cancer prevention medical check-up at the Ambroise Pare hospital in Marseille

This week in Jerusalem: No more tickets

A weekly round-up of city affairs.

 A Jerusalem municipal inspector writes out a parking ticket.

Jerusalem doctors save IDF combat soldier by leaving shrapnel in heart

Amit Bar-Ze'ev, a combat soldier from the north, was rushed from the battlefield to SZMC about a week after the IDF moved into Gaza.

 Photo of Amit Bar-Ze’ev