Shaare Zedek Medical Center

WhatsApp founder Jan Koum makes largest-ever donation to Jerusalem's Shaare Zedek hospital

With an unprecedented $200 million donation from the Koum Family Foundation, SZMC will build a huge 800-bed hospitalization tower over the next six years and fill the entire space within a decade.

Shaare Zedek’s Director-General Prof. Ofer Merin (L) and President Prof. Jonathan Halevy, previous director-general for 31 years, who solicited Koum’s donation.
New Shaare Zedek Hospital medical tower planned for Jerusalem.

WhatsApp co-founder gives Shaare Zedek $200m in record Israeli hospital donation

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Jerusalem razes Elie Wiesel Plaza for NIS 73m. underground passage to Shaare Zedek

Illustrative image of a baby girl to frame story of 9-month-old who died in Shaare Zedek after choking. February, 2026.

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


First-in-Israel robotic surgery helps woman walk after spine fracture

The groundbreaking technology with a minimally invasive surgical approach was applied for the first time at the Jerusalem hospital to repair a spinal fracture through the abdominal cavity.

 Surgeons at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem perform groundbreaking spinal surgery.

JCT launches campaign to combat mental health stigma in Israel

The display features life-sized posters of individuals with mental health challenges who volunteered to publicly and boldly share their personal struggles.

Stuart Katz stands in front of a display that is part of the Deconstructing Stigma campaign at Shaare Zedek Medical Center.

Violence – not in my religion!

Forum for interfaith leaders in Israel holds a convention against violence

 Forum for interfaith leaders

Shaare Zedek Medical Center treats Parkinsons patients using DBS for first time

Deep Brain Stimulation surgery, known as DBS, is meant to stop tremors in Parkinson's, primary tremors and other neurological diseases.

Shaare Zedek Medical Center.

Jerusalem bombing: Critically injured Ethiopian oleh dies of his wounds

Two bombs in Jerusalem left 19 people injured, including Tadasa Tashume Ben Ma'ada, who succumbed to his wounds on Saturday.

 Police and security personnel at the scene of a terror attack in Jerusalem, on November 23, 2022.

Sinkholes: How are they formed and can we fix them? - explainer

A number of sinkholes opened up throughout Israel over the past year. These have been damaging and have even resulted in deaths. So how do they happen and how can we fix them?

 Sinkhole opens up on Tel Aviv highway

Single religious women make up most Israelis who froze their eggs - study

One in three women who froze eggs before the age of 40 gave birth from the frozen eggs, but only one out of 11 who froze after the age of 40 gave birth with their help.

Egg freezing process (illustrative)

This cryonics facility in Arizona is preserving bodies to revive later

At Alcor Life Extension Foundation, the bodies and heads of 199 humans who opted to be cryopreserved in hopes of being revived in the future are stored inside tanks with liquid nitrogen.

 Patient storage at Alcor Life Extension Foundation

Can you find work as doctor in Israel? This olah is proof it's possible

Dr. Aleza Andron was a caring person in the US, and today she’s a caring physician, surgeon, wife and mother in Jerusalem

 Aleza Andron: From New York to Jerusalem, 2004

How an Israeli 20-year-old who never smoked got advanced lung cancer

At age 20, Geula Marx was diagnosed with lung cancer, despite her young age and that she had never smoked. The disease was discovered at stage 4 with brain metastases. Never ignore suspicious symptom

 Dividing cancer cell