Fertility

Israel enters new demographic era as population growth dips under 1% - study

The study revealed that the main factors for this decrease were a negative net migration rate, a stagnation in birth rates, and an expected increase in the absolute number of deaths in 2025. 

|ByTOBIAS HOLCMAN
The art market on Nachalat Binyamin street in Tel Aviv, December 30, 2025.
New studies reveal a surprising link between sperm quality and heart disease, metabolic syndrome and even early mortality

The silent inflammation that harms male fertility – and the signs you're missing

New studies reveal a surprising link between sperm quality and heart disease, metabolic syndrome and even early mortality – and a Mediterranean diet can change the picture in just three months.

|ByWALLA! HEALTH
The four species market in Bnei Brak

Is citron jam really good for fertility? A dietitian reveals

There are quite a few myths about the citron that come from old traditions, but are they true? What is really hidden in this unique fruit?

|ByTAL HADAR BITAN, A CLINICAL DIETITIAN
Prof Josef Hanna demonstrates the process he and his team of scientists used to develop models of early-stage human embryos without using an egg, sperm or womb, offering a glimpse into the first weeks of embryonic development, in a laboratory at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel S

The future of human fertility? Scientists create human eggs using skin cells

The process, which would carry significant safety concerns, involves removing the nucleus from a woman's skin cell and inserting it into an egg, or oocyte.

|ByREUTERS

Things every woman must know about her ovulation process

Dr. Einat Shalom Paz from Hillel Yaffe Hospital explains exactly what ovulation is, when it occurs and what happens in the body during ovulation.

SEPTEMBER 4, 2021ByDR. EINAT SHALOM PAZ
Young family in pregnancy planning concept with ovulation calendar

Couples desiring to conceive should vaccinate against COVID - here’s why

In contrast, several studies have found a significantly negative impact of the virus on sperm parameters.

JULY 27, 2021ByMAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN
Sperm (illustrative)

Prior COVID infection does not impact female fertility - study

The preliminary study, which reportedly was held in 11 clinics in Spain between May and June 2020, followed 46 women being treated with in vitro fertilization (IVF).

JUNE 29, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Pregnant woman, illustrative

Coronavirus: mRNA vaccines do not harm male fertility - study

Though the vaccine doesn't harm male fertility, the virus itself does.

JUNE 20, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Vials with Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine labels are seen in this illustration picture taken March 19, 2021.

Israel enjoys a baby boom, but the West is aging

Israel – baby boom; Western world – baby bust

APRIL 8, 2021BySHLOMO MAITAL
Over the course of the Rosh Hashanah holiday weekend, Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek Medical Center recorded a whopping 85 births, including the first son of Moran and Raphael Paz of Jerusalem. Prof. Sorina Grisaru, director of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of the Wilf Woman and Infant Cente

Israel has a lot of children. Is this a problem and what should we do?

Israel’s current fertility rate of some 3.1 children per woman is the highest, by far, of any country in the 37-member OECD.

MARCH 10, 2021ByJPOST EDITORIAL
Israeli children wearing face masks make their way to school in Tzfat on their first day back to classes on November 1, 2020

Hillel's Tech Corner: Embryonics: When IVF meets AI

Embryonics uses bleeding edge technology to increase the success rate of in vitro fertilization (IVF).

FEBRUARY 11, 2021ByHILLEL FULD
Embryonics

Woman granted divorce ten years after husband cut contact

Once their marriage was finalized, she became aware that her new husband had serious financial problems he expected her to help handle.

OCTOBER 21, 2020ByEVE YOUNG
THE RABBINICAL court of Tel Aviv. It has been said that rabbinical courts allow men to hold back consent to divorce their wives in order to extort the women into agreeing to unfair overall terms.

B’yad Rama: A labor of love

The aim of the organization is to help women who are unable to become pregnant naturally by helping them in different ways.

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020ByMAXINE LIPTZEN DOROT
BABIES GIVEN life with the help of Tali B’yad Rama.

Hillel's Tech Corner: Tempdrop helps women track fertility while asleep

According to Frost & Sullivan, the femtech market is expected to reach $1.1 billion by 2024, growing at a compound annual growth rate of 12.9%.

AUGUST 20, 2020ByHILLEL FULD
Tempdrop.