Jewish sources describe Yom Kippur as one of the year’s happiest days, when young people once sought partners; its ban on sexual intimacy, the authors argue, offers couples a lesson about repairing the heart before returning to the body

Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor’s film has sold out both New York Film Festival screenings and will open in Manhattan before expanding to Los Angeles and other US cities, despite having no American distributor

Technion and Rambam professor Zaid Abassi and two US colleagues say undiagnosed diabetes likely contributed to a chronic leg infection that developed into fatal sepsis in 1689

Waves of physicians from the Soviet Union in the 1970s and former Soviet Union in the 1990s reinforced hospitals and clinics for decades; now many are reaching retirement as Israel struggles to train enough replacements and shortages deepen in key specialties

She’s a surgeon, researcher, lecturer and speaks four languages, but Dr. Shiran Sudri says her mind never switches off; now she’s searching for a partner — or, if he doesn’t come along, planning to start a family on her own

Family gatherings can reopen old wounds, but research shows resentment can affect both mind and body; psychotherapist Edna Arbel explains why forgiveness cannot be forced and how processing pain, setting boundaries and therapy can help us truly let go