Our Activity
Shaare Zadek Medical Center Clinic
The activity of the Holistic Center in the Shaare Zedek Medical Center provides cancer patients and their family members with access to a regular and reliable framework of alternative medical treatments. The supporting treatments that are given to cancer patients have a significant impact on their quality of life, and on the ways in which they can cope, both physically and mentally, with the challenges of their illness.
It is important to note that our activity in Shaarei Zedek is based on a legal contract that affords a collaboration between the Yuri Shtern Foundation and the hospital. This is expressed in financial support for the foundation and in professional support as well. The Holistic Center’s volunteers work in all of the departments of the Oncological Center and in the Children’s Wilf Hospital. They hospital’s medical staff, including Prof. Nathan Cherny and the director of the Oncological Center, Prof. Nir Peled, direct their patients to receive alternative medical care with us as part of the accepted treatments in the Oncological Department. The approach is integrative, and it eases the challenges of cancer in substantial ways.
In the hospital the treatments that are provided by our caregivers are: various touch-based therapies and massages, shiatzu, reflexology, holistic pulsing, reiki, breath-based therapy, guided meditation and more. Many of our caregivers incorporate healing techniques as well as mindfulness.
Our years-long experience has shown that after receiving treatments from our caregivers, many patients report a substantial relief in the symptoms caused by radio and chemotherapy, including increased appetite, better sleep, renewed sensation in the extremities, and decreased nausea or numbness. The treatments provide hope and improve the patient’s ability to cope with additional chemotherapy, to engage in daily activities and routines, and with that, improve their prognosis. Additionally, alternative treatments also ease depression and anxiety which are very common among cancer patients and their family members. The treatments strengthen the patients’ inner healing power.
Holistic Center hours of operation in the Oncological Departments
Oncological Day Hospitalization – Sun-Thu, 9:00 – 14:00
Hematological Day Hospitalization – Sun, Tue-Thu, 9:00 – 11:00
Children’s Hospital –Monday & Wedensday, 9:30-11:30
Hematologic-oncological Department – Sun-Thu, 16:00-18:00
For more details:
Ilana Russel, director of Director of Shaare Zedek Volunteer Program: 0506567835
The holistic treatments are given by volunteering and certified caregivers, without cost.
Jerusalem & Herzliya Community Clinics
The community clinics in Jerusalem and Herzliya offer supportive complementary treatments for a nominal fee. These treatments are available for up to five years for both cancer patients and their family members. The support center also provides supportive care for individuals who have experienced the loss of a family member to cancer, for a duration of one year.
The therapeutic goal of our community clinics is to provide long-term continuity of care through a wide range of modalities: various touch therapies, community Chinese and Japanese acupuncture, emotional therapy, and support groups. Guided by the principle of "Caring for the Caregiver," we ensure that those supporting the patient also receive care and have access to an organized, consistent system of complementary medicine. Together, these elements create a warm home and a supportive community.
The clinics offer treatments in the following fields:
- Touch Therapies: Reflexology, Massage, Thai Massage, Shiatsu, Craniosacral Therapy, Reiki, Breema, and more.
- Rehabilitative Treatments: Feldenkrais, Community Japanese Acupuncture, and Community Chinese Acupuncture.
- Body-Mind Therapies: Psychotherapy, NLP, and Holistic Pulsing (Otzmat HaRachat).
Treatments at the clinics last approximately 40–45 minutes and are provided for a nominal fee (ranging from 100–180 NIS, depending on the type of treatment and the therapist).
Yuri Shtern House – Emek Refaim 6, Jerusalem
Intake sessions (first time) and regular sessions can be scheduled via phone: 077-5181021 or through WhatsApp: 050-7711554
Clinic Hours:
Sun 08:30 –19:00
Mon 08:30 –16:00
Tue 08:30 – 16:00
Wed 08:30 –19:00
Thu 08:30 – 16:00
To schedule an appointment: 077-5181021
Clinic Manager: Yifat Kedmi | yifat@yurishtern.org.il
Location: 6 Emek Refaim St., The German Colony, Jerusalem
By the Sea – the Community Clinic in Herzliya
The ‘By the Sea’ Clinic is located in the Arena Mall in Herzliya. The clinic offers an array of touch-based treatments and psychotherapy for those dealing with cancer and their family members in a pleasant and comfortable atmosphere and for subsidized fees. We have wonderful team of caregivers who have all been through our unique oncological training program.
For scheduling first time appointments or other treatments please contact us: 051-5368833 (including via WhatsApp)
Clinic Hours:
Mon 09:00 –16:00
Tue 09:00 – 16:00
Thu 09:00 – 16:00
Clinic Manager: Hadas Almog 051-5368833, herz@yurishtern.org.il
Location: Arena Mall in Herzliya, 2 Shunit St., Floor 1