Shaare Zedek Medical Center

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.

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.
Neria Leiter.

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

Kidney Disease.

New robot helps Israeli surgeons crush kidney stones without the splash

Ambulances are seen at the entrance to the emergency room at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem, August 23, 2026.

Two children hospitalized in Jerusalem after severe poisoning from THC-infused cannabis candies


This week in Jerusalem: Biggest trauma

A weekly round-up of city affairs.

 GIVE A warm welcome to the 243 babies born over the chag in Jerusalem’s largest hospitals.

Is the 3rd coronavirus vaccine safe for pregnant women? Yes, say experts

Research on first and second shots by Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek shows no adverse effect on mothers, babies.

Pregnant woman receives a vaccine in the US

7 Israeli hospitals to switch to emergency mode due to financial crisis

Beginning Wednesday, Jerusalem’s Hadassah and other facilities will only accept patients in need of life-saving treatments.

 Shaare Zedek hospital.

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PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE Isaac Herzog, a man with much political experience.

Meet the doctor bringing hope to the world of medicine

Growing up, Prof. Ben Corn dreamt of finding a cure for the prostate cancer that killed his father.

 PROF. BEN CORN: ‘We must incorporate the vision of a more holistic approach to cancer care.’

Couple who lost child in Ofra Junction attack give birth to baby boy

The Ish-Rans, who lost their child in a terrorist attack, returned to Shaare Zedek this week to welcome a new baby.

Medical staff from the maternity and trauma teams at Shaare Zedek Medical Center congratulate the Ish-Rans upon the birth of their new son.

COVID antibodies start to decline in kids after only 4 months – study

According to researchers, these findings may indicate that children have a weaker long-term immune response to COVID-19.

This undated transmission electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2, also known as novel coronavirus, the virus that causes COVID-19, isolated from a patient in the U.S. Virus particles are shown emerging from the surface of cells cultured in the lab. The spikes on the outer edge of the virus parti

20 years later, Sbarro attack victims dedicate Shaare Zedek delivery room

Meir Schijveschuurder who experienced the attack as a 17 year old, expressed that the choice to dedicate a delivery room reflected “circle of life."

Siblings Chaya and Meir Schijveschuurder meet with medical personnel who treated them in the wake of Sbarro terror attack 20 years ago.

Cardiology breakthrough at Shaare Zedek: Heart defect repaired with stitch

In a first for Israeli medicine, doctors repaired a heart defect with a stitch and no implant.

A medical team that repaired a heart defect in a 38-year-old woman at Shaare Zedek Medical Center without implanting a foreign object in her body.

Shaare Zedek performs life saving surgery on 4-year-old boy

The boy, Omran, was hit by a car driving over 130 kilometers an hour and as a result, developed a rare and complex spinal fracture.

Omran laying in the hospital