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Study shows worrying rise in doctors leaving Israel
Some 1,370 Israeli physicians left the country for at least 12 months between 2023 and 2025, nearly double the number of physicians who relocated abroad over a three-year period a decade ago, according to a new Tel Aviv University study. The figure includes senior doctors and specialists. Prof. Itai Ater, a professor of economics at Tel Aviv University spoke to KAN reporter Naomi Segal- 8 דקות
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Growing gap between government policy and public views on religion and state
The 18th Religion and States Index released by Hiddush - For Religious Freedom and Equality shows a growing gap between Jewish adult public views on religion and state and current government policy. Among the findings: 84 percent of those polled support military enlistment of ultra-Orthodox. Hiddush CEO Rabbi Uri Regev spoke to KAN's Naomi Segal- 13 דקות
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Boy contracts brain-eating amoeba in the Sea of Galilee
9-year-old Baruch Neriya from Pardes Hanna has been hospitalized in serious condition at Rambam Hospital in Haifa, suffering from brain inflammation after contracting a brain-eating amoeba. Suspicion arose that it was an amoeba infection, based on the clinical description, laboratory findings and history of exposure to the Sea of Galilee water. KAN's Mark Weiss spoke with Prof Cyrille Cohen.- 6 דקות
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How serious is social media addiction among youth?
Meta has agreed to pay up to $17.1 billion to resolve lawsuits alleging that its social media platforms contributed to teen social media addiction. It has also agreed to make changes to the platforms regarding youth use. Will these changes be effective? Dr. Asher Weller, Academic Director of the Youth Division at the Israel Center on Addiction and Mental Health spoke to KAN's Naomi Segal- 11 דקות
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Israelis give poor grade to educational system
A poll released ahead of the start of the new school year shows that public confidence in Israel's education system has fallen to strikingly low levels. The civic organization The One Hundred Initiative proposes a model to transfer greater authority to local authorities, school principals and communities. Polly Bronstein, CEO and Founder of The One Hundred Initiative, spoke to KAN's Naomi Segal- 11 דקות
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Aliza Auerbach's Jerusalem photos offer a personal perspective on the city
A new exhibition at Beit Avi Chai in Jerusalem focuses on the personal perspective through which the late photographer Aliza Auerbach portrayed Israel's capital city. The images in the exhibition "I Stood in Jerusalem" span almost three decades, from 1967 to 1995. Associate curator Rika Grinfeld Barnea spoke to KAN reporter Naomi Segal.- 11 דקות
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Ofer Winter's new party challenges the PM and the pollsters
A new poll released by Kan on Sunday night sees both Bezalel Smotrich’s Religious Zionism and Ofer Winter’s Amcha Yisrael passing the electoral threshold in the October election. Gadi Eisenkot’s Yashar leads the poll with 24 seats; Likud has 21; B’Yachad 14; KAN's Mark Weiss spoke with political analyst Shmuel Rosner about the latest election polls.- 9 דקות
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