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Israel: To Your Health

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Janis Siegel • JTNews Columnist
In Boston on April 15, as in Israel, when an improvised explosive device detonated onto a crowd of innocent civilians at the finish line of…
Posted May 3, 2013


Janis Siegel • JTNews Columnist
In 2010, Rabbi Rafael Shmuelevitz, head of the Mir Yeshiva in Jerusalem and a three-decade career educator, could hardly speak, breathe, or walk due to…
Posted April 17, 2013


Janis Siegel • JTNews Columnist
In 2010, Rabbi Rafoel Shmulevitz, head of the Mir Yeshiva in Jerusalem and a three-decade career educator, could hardly speak, breathe, or walk due to…
Posted April 10, 2013


Janis Siegel • JTNews Columnist
Although Israel isn’t among the top 10 countries in the world with a high prevalence of diabetes in its population, it is on the forefront…
Posted March 14, 2013


Janis Siegel
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has been in a vegetative state since his second stroke and the subsequent brain hemorrhage in 2006. Recently, however,…
Posted January 30, 2013


Janis Siegel • JTNews Columnist
There may be no more sensitive issue today for parents to tackle than discussing sexuality with their maturing teenage children. Whether you’ve fostered an open…
Posted January 7, 2013


Janis Siegel • JTNews Columnist
In the aftermath of catastrophic events that threaten lives or leave the population feeling helpless or fearful, Israel has resources to help. One, the Israel…
Posted December 6, 2012


Janis Siegel • JTNews Columnist
The latest research approach of an Israeli doctor and his team in the treatment of schizophrenia might simply be summed up as “the earlier, the…
Posted October 31, 2012


Janis Siegel • JTNews Columnist
Motherhood can be one of the most joyous times in a woman’s life. However, a small, somewhat controversial 2012 study from Tel Aviv University published…
Posted October 9, 2012


Janis Siegel • JTNews Columnist
It might come as a surprise to most people under the age of 50 that one of the fastest growing online user groups ranges from…
Posted September 12, 2012


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Israel: To Your Health
Janis Siegel is an award-winning journalist and former freelance health correspondent for SELF Magazine and wrote features and promoted studies for Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. She has written health and lifestyle features for several regional newspapers and has done extensive graduate research in public health crisis communications. Ms. Siegel is a long time JTNews freelance correspondent.
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