Judy Siegel-Itzkovich
Judy Siegel-Itzkovich is the health and science reporter at The Jerusalem Post. She has been writing for the paper since February 1973.
She has published over 31,000 news stories, features and columns as a Post journalist – more than any other journalist in the world. A Master's degree graduate of Columbia University in New York who made aliyah immediately after completing her studies and within weeks joined the paper, she has a strong background in biology but received her BA and MA in political science because she could not bear to kill animals for lab experiments.
She ravenously reads professional medical and science journals. She was awarded an honorary doctorate from Ben-Gurion University – the first Israeli newspaper reporter to do so – in November 2015 and has received numerous awards such as the Hadassah Women’s Organization Women of Distinction Award in the Knesset, Yeshiva University in Israel’s community service award and Tishkofet’s public service award. She is also a fluent English and Hebrew translator and editor in her specialized fields.
Type-2 diabetes raises schizophrenia risk in elderly, especially women, Israeli researchers found
Treating skin deep wounds: Vital work of plastic surgeons coping with Gaza war victims
Jerusalem public spaces lay barren as flowers die and go months without being replaced
HUJI study links October 7 trauma to surge in OCD among Israelis
Nearly 40% of survivors near Gaza show probable OCD, with new compulsive behaviors tied to trauma from the Hamas attacks.
Can one trust ChatGPT? Hebrew U and Cambridge University mathematicians find out
ChatGPT generates responses by predicting sequences of words learned during its training. Now, a new Israeli study shows that ChatGPT’s unpredictability may limit its reliability in a math classroom.
Israel's latest innovation to fight PTSD: Animated characters and neuromodulation devices
Now, for the first time, the US Food and Drug Administration has cleared a neuromodulation device for treating PTSD.
In Israeli first, Galilee Medical Center performs deep brain surgery under hypnosis
At the end of the operation, the neurosurgeon declared that he had never before encountered a patient so calm and at ease during an awake brain surgery.
Digital terrorism: Hebrew U study examines hate speech and the wounds of war after Oct. 7
In the chaotic weeks after October 7, social media feeds filled with grim images of violence – and, for many users, a torrent of anti-Israel and antisemitic abuse.
Invisible war wounds: Taub Center says vital to strengthen support for Jewish, Arab youngsters
To alleviate the unique difficulties of the Arab population, the researchers recommended designing dedicated programs for financial assistance, psychological support, and equality in responses.
Engineering a new future: Sci-Tech Schools’ new hesder yeshiva
Israel Sci-Tech Schools has inaugurated a new ultra-Orthodox hesder yeshiva – combining military service with religious studies.
Presidential Award for Volunteerism given to 19 people, organizations
Israel’s president presents the award in order to foster volunteerism for the benefit of individuals, communities, and the whole of Israeli society.
New research from Technion shows how eye-tracking can identify the way we read - study
People read texts with different goals. Whether it’s a newspaper or article, the Internet, a novel, a recipe, or a scientific paper, each type of text can be approached with various intentions.
Sugary drinks alter gut DNA, but Technion study finds effects can be reversed - study
They explained that bacteria in the gastrointestinal system are vital members of the microbial community within our body, which is known to scientists as the microbiome.