Mother

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


What should we be talking about this Mother's Day? - comment

A discussion of some of the issues that affect mothers in Israel today.

A girl hugs her mother before entering her elementary school in Sderot as it reopens following the ease of restrictions preventing the spread of the coronavirus disease.

Remembering my mother on Mother's Day

Our mother stays with us throughout our lives, even when we are mothers, or even grandmothers, ourselves.

THE WRITER'S mother: ‘She taught us honesty and decency, morality and ambition.’

Third pregnant woman dies from coronavirus this month

The 45-year-old COVID-19 patient, in her 39th week of pregnancy, was rushed to the Soroka Medical Center on Monday, while MDA paramedics administered life-saving treatment.

A pregnant woman sits on a bed holding her belly.

Naturally conceived quadruplets born in Israel in 1/700,000 chance

Multiple births are usually the result of fertility treatments • "Every time they brought me a baby outside, and all I could think of was 'thank God that yet another baby is okay,'" their father said

Hussan Yukov and Yemin Gavertansa's  Quadruplets born at Kaplan Medical Center

Working parents cannot survive the continued COVID-19 lockdown - comment

After we finish the homework and send it to the teacher, who responds with a “kol hakavod” and hearts and rainbows and unicorns. I want to respond with a different emoji.

Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman and her 5 children

WHO reverses stance on pregnant women receiving COVID-19 vaccine

Israel has included pregnant women among those getting priority access to COVID-19 vaccines.

The COVID-19 vaccine given to medical staff at Ichilov Hospital on December 20.

MDA medic instructs husband through baby's delivery over the phone

"It was a special moment, but I hope it's a once in a lifetime experience," the new father said.

The Hodera family.

Israeli woman gives birth to twins in bathroom overnight

"It was an interesting experience," the new mother said.

Mother of the twins Natalia Birkov

Imeinu Doulas: Providing spiritual support to prospective, new Jewish mothers

Imeinu Doulas began modestly with a team of Jewish doulas, companions who are trained to care for and offer support to women in childbirth.

Pregnant woman (Illustrative)

Finance Ministry, National Insurance solve maternity benefit crisis

Women who had been unemployed or on unpaid leave for extended periods of time will now be eligible for maternity benefits for babies born between January 1 and June 30 of this year.

Maternity ward illustrative