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

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.

MAY 17, 2026ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
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.

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

The donation will fund the construction of a new medical tower at the hospital and will lead to the official renaming of the institution as Koum Shaare Zedek Medical Center.

MAY 10, 2026ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
New Shaare Zedek Hospital medical tower planned for Jerusalem.

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

SZMC’s director-general Prof. Ofer Merin told In Jerusalem that when construction is completed, he will make sure that the Elie Wiesel Plaza and its garden are restored.

APRIL 17, 2026ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
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Nine-month-old baby rushed to Shaare Zedek after choking, passes away despite resuscitation efforts

Despite successfully removing the foreign object from the baby’s throat, doctors were unable to stabilize her condition.

FEBRUARY 26, 2026ByDR. ITAY GAL
Illustrative image of a baby girl to frame story of 9-month-old who died in Shaare Zedek after choking. February, 2026.

Grapevine, February 13, 2026: An anti-aggression alliance

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

FEBRUARY 13, 2026ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
Prof. Ofer Merin, IFCJ President Yael Eckstein, and Prof. Jonathan HaLevy.

Shaare Zedek Medical Center opens new center for reservists, first responders

The Resilience Center’s professional team, headed by psychiatrist Dr. Jennie Goldstein, who is its medical director, includes therapists from various fields.

JANUARY 4, 2026ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
Silber family members with Shaare Zedek Medical Center staff.

Israel faces early, severe flu season as Health Ministry urges mass vaccination

At least 30 children have been hospitalized in intensive care units due to complications from the flu, including two infants.

DECEMBER 8, 2025ByPESACH BENSON/TPS
Magen David Adom ambulance outside The Green-Wagner ER

Palestinian terrorists kill one, wound three in ramming, stabbing attack at Gush Etzion junction

Kiryat Arba resident Aharon Cohen, 70, was killed in the attack. Cohen, a widower, leaves behind six children and several grandchildren.

NOVEMBER 18, 2025ByYANIR YAGNA, DARCIE GRUNBLATT
Israeli security forces and rescue personnel at the scene of a terror attack at the Gush Etzion Junction, West Bank, November 18, 2025.

Grapevine: Unstoppable!

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

NOVEMBER 15, 2025ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
Rena Quint at home in Jerusalem, surrounded by her photographs.

Grapevine, September 12, 2025: The ever-revolving door

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

SEPTEMBER 12, 2025ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
BARBARA SOFER (middle-left) and Barbara Goldstein flanked by Hadassah event chair Anne Rothenberg (left) and Hadassah Israel National President Rivkah Cooper.