Fertility

Testicular tissue successfully produced sperm after 20 years

For the first time, testicular tissue frozen before puberty was replanted and led to sperm production.

|ByWALLA! HEALTH
Testicular tissue successfully produced sperm after 20 years
Iris Haim and members of the "Shover Shivion" organization hold a press conference in Tel Aviv presening a new agreed proposal by Likud Central Committee members and protest-aligned academics to establish a commission of inquiry into the October 7 events. February 23, 2026.

Beersheba Family Court approves Iris Haim to use sperm of slain hostage son to have child

Iris Haim submitted the request several months ago - and argued that her son, Yotam Haim “saw bringing children into the world as the fulfillment of a significant personal dream."

|ByYANIR YAGNA, URI SELA
The art market on Nachalat Binyamin street in Tel Aviv, December 30, 2025.

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
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

What about the emotional wellbeing of Israel's fertility challenged women?

Meet the Keren Gefen Center, the sole Jerusalem-based organization providing emotional and wellness support to fertility challenged women in Israel.

NOVEMBER 30, 2021BySHOSHANA TITA
Dr. Rhonda Adessky, clinical director, leading a Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Mind/Body Fertility Workshop at the Gefen Center, German Colony, Jerusalem.

This chemical could be stopping you from getting pregnant. What is it?

OCTOBER 5, 2021ByOMER YERUSHALAYIM/WALLA!
Young family in pregnancy planning concept with ovulation calendar

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.