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Lital Yael Melnik. (Facebook)
September 28, 2025, 3:55 pm
Man who buried 17-year-old girl alive, causing her death, is cleared of murder
Edward Kachura found guilty of negligent homicide in connection with 2021 ‘rebirth’ funeral for Lital Yael Melnik, who had previously been under his care at a psychiatric hospital
By ToI Staff
An entrance to the Kfar Shaul Mental Health Center, a psychiatric hospital in Jerusalem, July 31, 2012. (Noam Moskowitz/Flash90)
July 5, 2025, 5:52 pm
Man indicted for mom’s murder also suspected of killing patient at Jerusalem psych hospital
Suspect was under police supervision for allegedly murdering his mother at the time of the deadly incident at Kfar Shaul; autopsy reveals 60-year-old victim was beaten to death
By ToI Staff
Gil Pereg meows during his murder trial in Argentina, 2020. (YouTube screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
July 8, 2024, 9:15 am
Israeli who murdered mother and aunt in Argentina dies in prison
Psychiatric facility where Gil Pereg was serving life sentence will conduct autopsy to determine exact cause of death
By ToI Staff
Children at sunset (Vitold Muratov, via Wikimedia Commons)
March 30, 2023, 12:17 pm
Study points to coding DNA variants as cause for childhood onset schizophrenia
Israeli research finds that some children with this rare mental illness carry genetic mutations previously found in people with language, learning, and developmental challenges
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Illustrative. A psychiatric hospital in France during the pandemic. (AP Photo/ Thibault Camus)
April 25, 2022, 5:25 pm
COVID patients with serious psychiatric record have double death risk: Israeli study
Large study, based on every living 18+ Israeli hospitalized for mental illness, gives stark picture of increased danger they face from the virus, even years after discharge
By Nathan Jeffay
A number marks a Jewish grave, left, at the former Central Islip Psychiatric Center on New York's Long Island. A stone at right was added after the hospital began working with a Jewish burial society. (Patricia Desrochers/Touro Law Center/ via JTA)
December 10, 2021, 3:56 am
Families demand names where numbers mark Jewish graves at former NY psych hospital
In the cemetery of the now-defunct Central Islip Psychiatric Center, markers for the interred lack names. A nearby Jewish law school is helping relatives identify loved ones
By Stewart Ain
Stephen P. Morgan, right, and his attorney Richard Brown, listen to judge Mary-Margaret Burgdorff in Middletown Superior Court in Middletown, Connecticut, May 8, 2009. (AP Photo/Fred Beckham, Pool, File)
December 1, 2020, 11:28 am
US killer of Jewish college student sues state hospital where he’s confined
Stephen Morgan, accused of anti-Semitism in 2009 Connecticut shooting, says worker harmed him by telling media he’s allowed to play violent video games
By AP
Operators at an ERAN call center. (Courtesy of ERAN)
October 30, 2020, 8:54 am
Pandemic of loneliness, anxiety: Crisis hotline says suicide calls have doubled
ERAN helpline says many of those calling now don’t have diagnosed mental health issues; Rivlin: We must treat the isolation as well as the virus
By Nathan Jeffay
Illustrative: Beds at a new coronavirus critical care unit at Sheba Medical Center (Courtesy)
April 1, 2020, 6:17 am
World’s first psychiatric coronavirus ward opens in Israel
Haunted by a disaster in South Korea, doctors enter uncharted territory by opening special facility — having hired actors to help simulate scenarios staff may have to deal with
By Nathan Jeffay
The Albert Cuyp Market in Amsterdam, where a Jewish father and son were stabbed in March 2019. (CC BY-SA 3.0, Michiel1972, Wikipedia)
December 2, 2019, 9:01 pm
Muslim man who stabbed Jews at Amsterdam market ruled unfit to stand trial
Psychiatric evaluation deems Taha Ewis Bakri Abdel Ghani not responsible for his actions when he injured father and son in March rampage
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Illustrative photo of a prisoner, December 2008 (Kobi Gideon/Flash90)
September 6, 2019, 8:13 pm
Security prisoner at psychiatric hospital killed by fellow inmate
Police open investigation into death of Hamad Salama after he was attacked while awaiting evaluation at mental health facility
By ToI Staff
Marty Markowitz showing off his apiary in the backyard of his Southampton home. (Debra Nussbaum Cohen via JTA)
June 19, 2019, 3:18 pm
Podcast tells incredible story of a NY shrink who took over his patient’s life
Over 40 years, psychiatrist Isaac Herschkopf convinced businessman Martin Markowitz to alienate his family and endow his fortune to him
By Debra Nussbaum Cohen
Illustrative image of an elderly patient with Parkinson's disease. (Highwaystarz-Photography; iStock by Getty Images)
June 12, 2019, 11:04 am
Antidepressants in old age may increase risk of dementia, Israeli study finds
Researchers followed 71,000 Israelis, found 3 times as many dementia diagnoses among depressed; some experts argue depression may be an early sign, not a cause
By ToI Staff
Beatie Deutsch in Jerusalem, May 7, 2019. (Michael Bachner/Times of Israel)
May 24, 2019, 9:58 am
Haredi mother of 5 marathon champion Beatie Deutsch is running for a cause
From ‘out-of-shape’ mom to international success with Olympic hopes, 29-year-old uses her unique trajectory to raise funds for new center for sick teens following a family tragedy
By Michael Bachner
Benny Gantz, left, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right. (Gili Yaari, Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 27, 2019, 10:14 pm
Likud rapped by rivals, disability official over ads assailing Gantz’s sanity
PM has become ‘a factory of defamation and ugly lies,’ charges Blue and White leader, whom ruling party has portrayed as mentally unstable
By ToI Staff
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