Israeli nursing student saves tourist in Sri Lanka after lightning strike "Nursing studies are not just theoretical knowledge, but actual preparation for saving lives and helping others in real time," Tal Danan said. JNS Staff March 23, 2025
Jerusalem college to launch Israel’s first nursing master’s degree in English The new English-language program, which will initially be open to women, is set to launch during the 2022-23 academic year. Dec. 20, 2021
NBC pulls episode from ‘Nurses’ show days after getting blasted for ‘SNL’ skit “The portrayal of a Chassidic Jew making hateful remarks about an Arab woman is gratuitous and inflammatory, and only validates longstanding anti-Semitic stereotypes,” said Jonathan Greenblatt, national director and CEO of the Anti-Defamation League. Feb. 25, 2021
Long Island Jewish Medical Center site of one of first injections of COVID vaccine “I hope this marks the beginning of the end of a very painful time in our history,” said vaccine recipient and intensive-care nurse Sandra Lindsay. Dec. 14, 2020
As winter approaches, Israeli nurses hunker down as they continue to tackle COVID-19 While the general public is worn out by the constant flux of coronavirus regulations, health-care workers are feeling the brunt of the public consequences of violating increasingly strict rules. Noa Amouyal Dec. 4, 2020
Nurses in Israel end their nationwide strike The National Association of Nurses agreed to resume work after being promised funding for 2,000 additional staff at hospitals, HMOs and family health centers. July 21, 2020
Israel’s nurses go on strike in protest over staff shortages Non-urgent surgeries to be postponed, COVID-19 and oncology wards to remain unaffected • Israeli Health Minister Yuli Edelstein: “I am with you in your struggle.” July 20, 2020
Grappling with COVID cases, Israel’s nurses threaten strike over staff shortages “We are collapsing,” INA head Ilana Cohen wrote in a letter to Finance Minister Israel Katz. July 13, 2020
Jerusalem College of Technology awarded $9 million grant to support nursing program Funding for construction of JCT’s Faculty of Life and Health Sciences building comes as Israel continues to struggle with a nursing shortage. May 21, 2020
