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Israeli mothers mourn together after their sons survived the battlefield but not their wounds

The OneFamily program draws more than a dozen women, ranging from their early 40s to late 70s, all bereaved mothers of soldiers, except one whose son was killed at the Nova music festival.

Hazel Brief, at left, and Tali Drori pose together at a OneFamily retreat in early 2026.
An illustration of a mother feeding a baby a bottle of formula.

What a strand of hair may reveal about the bond between mother and child

Israeli and Palestinian mothers belonging to the Women Wage Peace organization march for a political horizon to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Women Wage Peace to march barefoot through Rome for end to Israeli-Palestinian conflict

 SERENA KALISH (pictured) gave birth to her fourth child during a weekend filled with missile-warning sirens and uncertainty. The night of her delivery, sirens rang through the halls of the Shaare Zedek Medical Center as Iranian missiles were intercepted overhead.

2025’s ‘Persons of the Year’: Israeli mothers - opinion


'Mothers for Mothers: Strengthening reserve families after war'

'Supporting new mothers in reserve families impacted by war through 'Mothers for Mothers' initiative by Materna, the anchor association, and Yami cooks.'

  Mothers for mothers: strengthening the reserve families that expanded in the shadow of the war

 Mother, how will you prepare for a second child?

How will I manage to love another child and what about the feelings of guilt? Get to know the thoughts that appear in mothers who are about to give birth for the second time.


Babies in the womb exposed to two languages hear speech differently when born, study finds

“Our data show that prenatal language exposure modulates the neural encoding of speech sounds as measured at birth," researchers said.

 An embryo week 9-10

Online VR applications can be a privacy threat for kids and most parents are unaware of it

Parents largely unaware of security risks in children's VR app use. Study reveals concerns of physiological effects, privacy, but limited use of parental controls.

Girl wearing phone VR goggles. Uploaded on 8/5/2024

Technion opens 18 new nursing rooms for mothers in academics

“The welcome growth in the number of women studying at the Technion means that it is all the more important to provide the new mothers among them with suitable and respectful conditions for nursing."

 Doctoral student Keren Or Greenberg in the Ulman Building’s new nursing room

Why parents should avoid transferring saliva into their baby's mouth - study

An adult’s mouth is full of a large variety of bacteria and fungi, including harmful pathogens like Candida albicans. 

 Mothers with high levels of dental plaque are eight times more likely to transfer candida albicans, involved in tooth decay, to their babies, underlining the n

Coping with postpartum depression after Oct. 7

New mothers, like most parents in Israel, felt all through October that evil had been unleashed, and no sight was void of it. 

 Children's toys and personal items lie on the bloodstained floor of a child's bedroom, following a deadly infiltration by Hamas terrorists from the Gaza Strip, in Kibbutz Beeri in southern Israel October 17, 2023.

Wife of husband in reserves gives hope to those at home during the war

Talya Tomer-Schlesinger found herself alone with three children while her husband was in reserves,  so she wrote a book to help children and families talk about their fears.

 THE COVER of ‘Family in Reserves.’

Unbelievable: mother-daughter lookalikes who go on dates together

Can you guess who is the mother and who is the daughter? Julien Diaz, dubbed "the hottest mom in the world" online, reveals she faces dating app skepticism due to her youthful appearance.

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Israel's mothers cope with their children sent to war

I wanted to give a voice to mothers whose children are protecting the country during this war.

 RUTI EASTMAN with one of her soldier sons who served during Operation Cast Lead, in 2009.