Oct 25, 2026 · 8 min · 5 segments
In 2025, there was the highest death toll in 19 years on Israel's roads. But Prof. Jonathan Rabinowitz, head of the Wellness Lab at Bar-Ilan University’s Weisfeld School of Social Work has been trying…
Jonathan RabinowitzGuestDavid Ze'evHostThe wellness lab, we mentioned that you're head of the wellness lab at Bar-Ilan University, the Weisfeld School of Social Work.
You promote healthy sleep habits, and you encourage, I understand, among other things, drinking lots of water.

Right, and we try to find ways that people can modify their life, small changes that people can make.

So, for example, in the area of walking, we did a large study of commuters and showed how they could incorporate into their commute on public transportation more walking.

And then after some time, we were able to move it to introduce a new feature in their app of more walking.
the app if i'm not mistaken that if you're waiting for a bus you want to know when it's coming right you check that

that's correct that's exactly right and and they operate you know in all over the world and they have a huge huge user base so for you know from our perspective in terms of what our goals are that was a huge accomplishment to get them to do that
you talk about creative means that you try to hand over to help people out what kind of creative means
in terms of the sleep? I mean, you're giving me certain examples, but I was caught by this in terms of the release which I received from your people.
It talks about that you walk people through various creative means in terms of, yeah, how to ensure you're not in a situation, certainly, you know, getting in terms of better sleep habits, whether it's driving and getting drowsy, whatever the situation is.
The wellness lab, we mentioned that you're head of the wellness lab at Bar-Ilan University, the Weisfeld School of Social Work.
You promote healthy sleep habits, and you encourage, I understand, among other things, drinking lots of water.

Right, and we try to find ways that people can modify their life, small changes that people can make.

So, for example, in the area of walking, we did a large study of commuters and showed how they could incorporate into their commute on public transportation more walking.

And then after some time, we were able to move it to introduce a new feature in their app of more walking.
the app if i'm not mistaken that if you're waiting for a bus you want to know when it's coming right you check that

that's correct that's exactly right and and they operate you know in all over the world and they have a huge huge user base so for you know from our perspective in terms of what our goals are that was a huge accomplishment to get them to do that
you talk about creative means that you try to hand over to help people out what kind of creative means
in terms of the sleep? I mean, you're giving me certain examples, but I was caught by this in terms of the release which I received from your people.
It talks about that you walk people through various creative means in terms of, yeah, how to ensure you're not in a situation, certainly, you know, getting in terms of better sleep habits, whether it's driving and getting drowsy, whatever the situation is.
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