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Israeli professor Haitham Amal (left) and American Jewish philanthropist Ed Satell at the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia, June 4, 2025. Credit: Courtesy of American Friends of the Hebrew University.
‘Hope is the research,’ says Hebrew U professor who studies autism, Alzheimer’s
Haitham Amal, a Christian Israeli, was awarded an academic chair in brain science for his lab’s and two companies’ advances in the field.
Carin M. Smilk
June 9, 2025
Israeli President Isaac Herzog marks World Autism Awareness Day by welcoming an IDF reserve soldier, his wife and two children who are on the autism spectrum to his official residence in Jerusalem, April 2, 2025. Photo by Haim Zach/GPO.
For World Autism Awareness Day, Herzog hosts IDF soldier’s family
The soldier's two children are both on the autism spectrum, and the president heard about the challenges the family faces due to the father's extended reserve duty.
JNS Staff
April 2, 2025
The placing of the wedding ring. Credit: Petar Milošević via Wikimedia Commons.
Let’s start a conversation about arranging matches for people with disabilities
During Autism Acceptance Month, it’s time for us as a community to take the next giant leap and have a very open conversation about marriage.
Avrohom (“Avromie”) Adler
April 26, 2024
Illustration of a human fetus. Source: Shutterstock
Haifa researchers: Autism linked to neuron development in embryos
Accelerated growth of neurons associated with children on the spectrum.
Pesach Benson
July 31, 2023
Parents of autistic children protest outside the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem, demanding larger budgets for children with autism. Jan. 04, 2013. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.
Study links autism to gut-brain axis, opening doors for therapy
Microbiome changes are a common characteristic associated with the condition.
Pesach Benson
July 11, 2023
Hebrew University of Jerusalem professor Haitham Amal. Credit: Courtesy.
One small step for brain chemistry
One large leap for autism spectrum disorder?
David Segaloff, MD, and Judith Segaloff
May 31, 2023
From left: HackAutism founder Rimon Tubin, SHEKEL President Lihi Lapid and Dan Oryan, head of the Balkan Department in Israel's Foreign Ministry. Credit: Arik Mor.
Fourth Israeli hackathon develops tools for those with autism
Rimon Tubin, the founder of HackAustism, tells JNS the Start-Up Nation ought to be able to aid those with disabilities.
Howard Blas
Feb. 14, 2023
From left: Deputy Minister of Health and Knesset member Yaakov Litzman, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin, and participants in an event in Jerusalem to mark World Autism Awareness Day, sponsored by Rivlin, on March 24, 2019. Photo by Haim Zach/GPO.
TAU researchers develop experimental drug for autism and other syndromes
The researchers identified mutations in a gene associated with autism and schizophrenia, which are believed to be responsible for thousands of cases of autism.
Diana Bletter
June 26, 2022
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett leads a Cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on May 8, 2022. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.
Israeli government approves 2 billion shekel disabilities law
The legislation defines the official rights of people grappling with a range of disabilities.
May 22, 2022