Canada’s first Jewish hospice breaks ground as the conversation evolves around end-of-life matters
Construction officially started on a residential facility providing end-of-life care outside a hospital, which will be the first of its kind in Canada—one that has been designed to suit specific Jewish community needs. Groundbreaking took place on Friday for the 12-bed, 21,926-square-foot facility called Neshama Hospice, which is scheduled to open in late 2026. Planning […]
A pair of plastic surgeons from Jerusalem and Toronto talk about how they teamed up to help patients with complex medical problems
Dr. Jeffrey Fialkov, the head of plastic surgery at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto, arrived in Israel at just the right time, says the doctor who he trained to treat patients with complicated injuries. Allan Billig, a senior plastic surgeon at Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem, studied with Fialkov in Toronto three years ago. The […]
