A Ph.D student at the Hebrew University Center of Excellence in Agriculture and Environmental Health has been studying how the exposure of pregnant women and their offspring to EDCs affect fetal growth and the development of reproductive organs.

Artist and designer Tzipi Zohar has been working at Yad LaKashish since 2010. In addition to running the paper mache workshop, she has been professionally involved with the textiles, rehabilitation and ceramics workshops. We asked Tzipi if her work experience with the elderly is any different from other positions she held in the art field.

There is no doubt that Yad LaKashish stands in a class of its own when it comes to programs and services for the elderly, particularly the elderly poor. Visitors to the workshops praise the level of seriousness with which the elderly artisans engage in their work, and marvel at the beautiful creations that result.