Ilanit Chernick

Ilanit Chernick is the former Jewish World reporter for The Jerusalem Post. She covered a range of genres including antisemitism, the BDS movement, Jewish events and communities abroad, Holocaust and Jewish history-related stories, Labour antisemitism, South Africa-Israel affairs, Southern African Jewry, the Israel-Gaza conflict in southern Israel, as well as features on a variety of topics both in Israel and abroad.

Authors Michael Dickson and Dr. Naomi L. Baum with copies of their new book.

Israel's history of resilience to adversity explored in new book

What is behind the resilience Israelis have in the face of adversity?

DECEMBER 30, 2020

BGU developing system to stop self-driving cars being fooled

The researchers explained that advanced driving assistance systems consider depthless projections of objects as real objects.

MAY 26, 2020

An illustrative picture of antibiotic resistance tests

Ben-Gurion U. researchers hit back at antibiotic-resistant infections

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has estimated that there could be 10 million deaths per year by 2050 because of drug-resistant infections.

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

In first, Israeli start-up removes economic barriers to cancer treatment

“We truly believe that this is a new era of radiation therapy of cancer,” CEO and founder Michael Marash told The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday.

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

P-Cure's proton therapy solution is the only 360 degrees gantry-less proton therapy system that fits into any operating radiation oncology department

Hadassah's holistic approach to hospice care

The Hospice provides care to terminally ill patients, helping them meet the challenges of end-stage illness through a holistic approach.

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Director of palliative care services Dr. Daniel Azoulay and head nurse of the Hospice in Hadassah Mount Scopus Gal Sapir spend time with a patient

Discovering my maternal roots through a simple swab of saliva

The Jerusalem Post took a mitochondrial DNA test with Family Tree DNA and local start-up Igentify to trace back my maternal ancestry

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Jerusalem Post reporter Ilanit Chernick takes an mtDNA test to find out the unique story of her maternal ancestry line.

Roman Square reopens in Jerusalem after almost 2,000 years

"We can connect with those who were once here."

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

The entrance room, which leads to stairs of a tower that flanks the Roman gate built in 135 CE and is found under Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old City.

Israeli tech firm develops life-saving automatic kidney monitoring device

Acute Kidney Injury affects 19 million patients worldwide, and result in 300,000 deaths a year in the US.

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

Sentinel urine output monitor for early detection and prevention of Acute Kidney Injury

Israeli cell therapy demand could be worth $2 billion by 2023

Critical Limb Ischemia (CLI) constitutes a significant burden on the US healthcare system, but an innovative Israeli treatment may be able to fill that requirement.

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

Biologists work in a laboratory at Pluristem Therapeutics Inc. in Haifa

Israel Museum celebrates a decade of supporting local artists collection

Opening later this month, some of the works will be on display at the Israel Museum as part of the 'Shutters and Stairs: Elements of Modern Architecture in Contemporary Art' exhibition.

FEBRUARY 7, 2020