GLP-1 drugs are transforming weight loss and medicine. They’re also changing how some Jews experience everything from holiday meals to the Yom Kippur fast.
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What Happens to Jewish Food Culture in the Age of Ozempic?GLP-1 drugs are transforming weight loss and medicine. They’re also changing how some Jews experience everything from holiday meals to the Yom Kippur fast.
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Hadassah’s Promising New Treatment for Heart FailureThe doctors who treated Israeli-Palestinian vlogger Nas Daily’s grandmother are now exploring the gut-heart connection.
The doctors who treated Israeli-Palestinian vlogger Nas Daily’s grandmother are now exploring the gut-heart connection.
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Black and Jewish Moms Unite to Fight Bias in Maternity CareIlana Ybgi’s newly launched Crown Heights Birth Justice Project addresses antisemitism and racial bias through the lens of Black Jewish identity.
Ilana Ybgi’s newly launched Crown Heights Birth Justice Project addresses antisemitism and racial bias through the lens of Black Jewish identity.
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Jewish Women Mobilize For Reproductive RightsPost-Dobbs legal challenges to IVF mark a new front in the fight over reproductive rights, as Hadassah and other Jewish groups push back to protect access to care.
Post-Dobbs legal challenges to IVF mark a new front in the fight over reproductive rights, as Hadassah and other Jewish groups push back to protect
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Hadassah Treats Israel’s Post–October 7 Mental Health CrisisMore than two years after the Nova music festival attacks, Hadassah’s psychologists are still treating a nation gripped by trauma, anxiety and survivor’s guilt
More than two years after the Nova music festival attacks, Hadassah’s psychologists are still treating a nation gripped by trauma, anxiety and survivor’s guilt
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Hadassah Exports Trauma Treatment to AustraliaTwo days after the Bondi Beach attack, Hadassah psychologist Osnat Goori Mussel was on the ground helping treat the trauma.
Two days after the Bondi Beach attack, Hadassah psychologist Osnat Goori Mussel was on the ground helping treat the trauma.
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How to Become a Health Care AdvocateWomen need the tools and language to demand more from a medical system that often asks them to endure suffering quietly or questions their experiences.
Women need the tools and language to demand more from a medical system that often asks them to endure suffering quietly or questions their experiences.

The Jewish Self-Help Books We Desperately NeedA recent wave of books continues the Jewish tradition of turning to spiritual and rabbinical texts for help navigating modern-day challenges.
A recent wave of books continues the Jewish tradition of turning to spiritual and rabbinical texts for help navigating modern-day challenges.
Books
How I Reluctantly Found Purpose as a Cancer MentorIn an excerpt from her new memoir, ‘The End of My Life Is Killing Me,’ Anabelle Gurwitch sits shiva for the ‘angel’ who helped her navigate lung cancer.
In an excerpt from her new memoir, ‘The End of My Life Is Killing Me,’ Anabelle Gurwitch sits shiva for the ‘angel’ who helped her
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Stories From Hadassah’s Underground HospitalsAs Iranian missiles targeted Jerusalem, patients and staff moved below ground, where care continues amid fear, loss and resilience.
As Iranian missiles targeted Jerusalem, patients and staff moved below ground, where care continues amid fear, loss and resilience.
Meet the Team that Keeps Hadassah Hospital SafeEyal Kashi, the head of security, stresses to his team that they’re safeguarding a hospital, not a shopping mall: ‘Everything you do needs to be tempered with compassion.’Lessons in Aging Learned From SurvivorsHolocaust survivors’ needs continue to inform the burgeoning fields of aging and trauma.In Israel, Chanting ‘Om’ Between MissilesTeaching yoga in Israel, writes Jennifer Lang, 'forces me to summon my inner warrior and reminds me of the quintessential and admirable Israeli life-must-go-on stoicism.'Addressing the Gender Health Gap at a Cellular LevelHadassah's discovery has been hailed as a breakthrough in gender medicine.This Women-Owned Startup Is Reshaping Egg Donationby Amy KleinCofertility is 'leading the way for a more transparent and ethical the entire industry to become more transparent and ethical,' says cofounder Halle Tecco.New Israeli Made Immunotherapy Targets MyelomaDr. Polina Stepensky, co-inventor of Hadassah's next-generation Israeli CAR T-cell therapy, says personalized 'cell therapy is the future.'Israel Is a Testing Ground for Treating Ovarian CancerIsrael proportionally has one of the world’s largest populations of women with ovarian cancer, making the country ripe for diagnostic and therapeutic trials.Empowering Jewish Teens to Support Each OtherJewish organizations have responded to the teen mental health crisis with digital programs and tools that foster resilience and empathy.Footer Menu Column 2
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