Shaare Zedek Medical Center

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

The family thanked the medical staff and the public for their prayers and immense support and asked people to continue praying for the recovery of Neria Dov ben Chana.

|ByIDAN KWELLER, SARAH MOSKOWITZ
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.
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

A first-of-its-kind Israeli study found that most young people with type 1 diabetes completed Jewish fasts safely, with insulin pump changes improving their chances of success.

|ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
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

Leiter said son Neria’s condition had stabilized, but stressed that his life was “still in danger” after Shaare Zedek Medical Center said he remained in serious condition following several surgeries.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Neria Leiter.

IDF reservist, son of Israeli envoy to US, seriously wounded in car-ramming terror attack

Neria Leiter underwent multi-hour brain surgery and remains in very serious condition, while his father, US Ambassador Yechiel Leiter, returned to Israel following the attack.

|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM

Israeli couple struggling with pregnancy have healthy baby - here's how

Jerusalem couple helped to have healthy baby after two newborn sons died of mysterious respiratory disease two weeks after their separate births.

JULY 3, 2022ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
From left – Dr. Revital Arbel holding the baby, Prof. Gheona Altarescu and the parents, Yafit and Haim Yifrah.

Eight Israeli start-ups to form international collaborations

Following BetterPlayBio’s program, C2i Genomic, Nucle.ai, Medial Earlysign, iBex, Octopus, Imagene, Itamar Medical and iCardio are ready to hit the global market.

APRIL 10, 2022ByZACHY HENNESSEY
From R to L: Mark Power, Deputy head of Mission, British Embassy, Ohad Goldberg, Country President, AstraZeneca Israel, Gali Halpern Wienerman, Life Sciences Ecosystem & Digital Health Partnerships Lead in Accenture Europe, Efrat Morag, Head of Margalit Startup City Haifa, Erik Ullenhag, Swedish Am

Woman arrested for intentionally disconnecting two-month-old baby's feeding tube

The baby was not harmed, but the woman was sent to house arrest while the incident is investigated.

APRIL 10, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Shaare Zedek Medical Center

Surgeons implant printed earlobe in a work-accident victim

Plastic surgeons at a Jerusalem hospital used advanced tech to sculpt and implant a new earlobe for a 55-year-old man.

APRIL 3, 2022ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
Shaare Zedek Medical Center.

World’s thinnest 3D printed cornea implanted in Jerusalem

This is the breakthrough that Ophthalmologists at Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek Medical Center have achieved using the thinnest 3D cornea.

MARCH 22, 2022ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
Thinnest artificial cornea in the world

President Herzog gives Purim gifts to kids in hospital

President Isaac Herzog and his wife Michal dressed up as doctors and prescribed "medicine" to children in Shaare Zedek Medical Center.

MARCH 15, 2022ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
President Isaac Herzog and his wife Michal visit children in Shaare Zedek Medical Center an give them gifts for Purim.

Tahini deadly? A Jerusalem tourist's terrifying encounter with the condiment

An Austrian tourist discovered he is allergic to tahini after encountering it in Israel for the first time.

FEBRUARY 21, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Hummus dish with tahini

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