Health & Family
Health and everyday wellbeing in Jerusalem: groceries, health insurance, and where residents go to stay well.
Which hospital, which ER for children, and how to find a pharmacy at midnight or on Shabbat. The essentials for residents and visitors.
Jerusalem is a family city. Here are the places local parents actually go, sorted by age, with rainy-day options and practical tips.
School ends in late June, the municipal camp covers the first weeks of July, and then August is yours. Here is how the summer is structured in Jerusalem and the camps that fill it, including the English-speaking ones.
Family doctor, urgent care or emergency room? A decision tree for Jerusalem, plus how referrals, prescriptions and English-speaking doctors work inside the health funds.
The school system is free, zoned and organised in streams, the day ends early, and the calendar follows the Jewish year. Here is what an English-speaking family needs to know before choosing a neighbourhood.
What the four health funds have in common, what actually differs between them in Jerusalem, and how registration and switching work.
Which supermarket to use is one question; what is on the shelf is another. Kashrut labels, the price-controlled staples, the Israeli versions of what you miss, and how to order it all online.