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People walk in the rain on Jaffa Street in central Jerusalem, November 25, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 8, 2026, 4:12 am
Israeli researcher trots out proof that walking more needn’t increase commuting time
Prof. Jonathan Rabinowitz of Bar-Ilan University touts health benefits of hoofing it while campaigning for transportation apps to add option for routes with more time on foot
By Diana Bletter
Terri Swain-Collins uses a treadmill in the care of physiotherapist Alison MacDonald on May 20, 2025, at Kingston Injury Management, a clinic in Kingston, Ontario, in Canada. (Lisa Callahan via AP)
June 2, 2025, 4:53 am
Exercise boosts survival rates in colon cancer patients, study shows
Cancer centers and insurance plans should consider making exercise coaching a new standard of care for colon cancer survivors, say experts after study conducted in Israel and other countries
By Carla K. Johnson
Richard Simmons speaks to the audience before the start of a summer salad fashion show at Grand Central Terminal in New York on June 2, 2006. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg, File)
July 14, 2024, 5:26 pm
Fitness and weight loss icon Richard Simmons dies at 76
Born to a Russian-Jewish mother, Simmons helped people lose weight through his silly public persona and exercise videos after having struggled with being overweight earlier in life
By Mark Kennedy
Israelis exercise on the Tel Aviv beach boardwalk, during a nationwide COVID lockdown, February 3, 2021. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
August 3, 2023, 8:43 pm
Can 4 minutes a day save your life? New study touts benefits of even brief exercise
Hebrew University researcher says study showing short-burst intense physical activity can lower risk of cancer by up to 32% is proof ‘doing something is better than doing nothing’
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Illustrative image: a man running (BartekSzewczyk via iStock by Getty Images)
November 16, 2022, 12:06 pm
Running reduces chance of some cancers by 72%, Israeli scientists find
Peer-reviewed study from Tel Aviv University shows aerobic activity conditions organs to snatch sugar away from tumors, impairing their ability to grow and spread
By Nathan Jeffay
Germany's Holocaust memorial for the murdered Jews of Europe in the heart of Berlin (CC BY-SA Chaosdna/Wikipedia)
November 1, 2021, 5:17 pm
Berlin police chief sorry after cops seen doing push-ups at Holocaust memorial
Barbara Slowik says authorities will examine incident; policy union also apologizes, condemns officers’ ‘tastelessness,’ says there must be ‘consequences’
By AP
Evolutionary biologist and author of 'Exercised' Daniel Lieberman takes a man's blood pressure in Mexico. (Photo by David Ramos)
February 7, 2021, 3:26 am
Loathe jogging? Harvard prof explains how humans evolved to be couch potatoes
In his book ‘Exercised: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do is Healthy and Rewarding,’ Daniel Lieberman tackles myths and inaccuracies about physical fitness and the need for rest
By Cathryn J. Prince
Israelis walk their dogs and exercise in Tel Aviv's Yarkon Park on March 22, 2020, as the government issued instructions to avoid public spaces to prevent the spread of the coronavirus (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
April 17, 2020, 2:17 pm
Let us back into parks, forests! Experts say it’s ‘essential for public health’
Association of Public Health Officials and Society for Protection of Nature issue joint plea; say time in green spaces reduces depression, lowers blood pressure, speeds recovery
By Sue Surkes
President Ruby Rivlin reads Israeli classic 'Flat To Rent' by Lea Goldberg online on Thursday, March 19, 2020, during the coronavirus crisis (Courtesy Ruby Rivlin Facebook page)
March 20, 2020, 1:02 pm
Get online to exercise, forage, pray and even hike during your home stay
Everyone’s going online right now, offering services and classes for free during the extended quarantine caused by the COVID-19 crisis
By Jessica Steinberg
Knesset Honor Guard members take part in a drill simulating an attack on the Israeli parliament, December 19, 2019 (YouTube screenshot, Ynet)
December 20, 2019, 10:34 am
Knesset Guard drills for missile attack on parliament, rescue of wounded MKs
Making use of the election recess, members of the security force simulate emergency scenarios at Home Front Command training site
By ToI Staff
Prof. Mary Rudolf and her grandchild in Tel Aviv, July 30, 2019 (Shoshanna Solomon/Times of Israel)
August 13, 2019, 12:54 pm
Meet the fat-busting professor who would never slip her grandkids candy
HENRY, the child obesity program of Bar-Ilan University’s Mary Rudolf, has helped keep down preschoolers’ weight in Leeds; now, it may be rolled out in Israel
By Shoshanna Solomon
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