Emotional Resilience

"I am functioning, but I have no energy for anything": The phenomenon threatening Israelis

For more than two years, Israelis have been living between sirens and continuous uncertainty. Beneath the surface, the phenomenon of resilience fatigue is spreading.

Israelis in a bomb shelter
Josh Wolfe, American Venture Capitalist, Nathan Tsror, Economic Minister, North America TradeIL- Economic Mission to the USA – East Coast & Alex Witkoff, CEO, Witkoff Group; Board Member, US Holocaust Memorial Museum

Top financial experts weigh opportunities in Israel at JPost conference

Yaron Waksman, Co-Founder and CEO of HaGal Sheli (My Wave)

At 'Post' conference, HaGal Sheli CEO highlights surf therapy's role in national recovery

“People already fluent in resilience deserve leaders who understand it too, not only as survival, but as strategy.”

Tania Friedlander on leadership under pressure and moving forward in an unstable world


Sderot’s quiet revolution: Growth against all odds - opinion

From Rockets to Renewal: How Sderot’s Residents Are Returning Home, Growing the City, Investing in Industry and Education, and Defining Their Future Amid Ongoing Security Challenges.

Alon Davidi, Mayor of Sderot

Mental health is vital for Israeli national security - opinion

By 2024, patients with depression and anxiety accounted for a quarter of all visits to family doctors.

 People take shelter in an underground parking lot in Tel Aviv, during ongoing missile attacks from Iran, June 24, 2025.

Living in Israel's war two years on: Moving forward on the moral high road - comment

Looking back now, it’s hard to imagine life before October 7.

 An Israeli soldier with a prayer shawl seen during a morning prayer near his tank near the border with Lebanon, northern Israel, October 25, 2023

Healing through music: A personal journey into the Heart of the Nova concert

On October 7, everything changed. At the Heart of Nova concert, grief met resilience as we remembered, danced, and chose life in the face of unimaginable loss.

Thousands attend a Nova Tribe party in Tel Aviv in memory of the victims killed by Hamas at the Nova festival on October 7, and to call for the release of hostages still held in Gaza, August 14, 2025.

Parashat Shoftim: A king who rules over himself

A true leader is one who first and foremost rules over himself and his emotions. A person who can be overtaken by negative emotions cannot serve as a leader.

HORSES: NECESSARY or excessive?

How can we teach resilience in Israeli schools? – opinion

Schools play a crucial role in the early identification of emotional and behavioral difficulties and in offering meaningful emotional support.

THE WRITER addresses an EmotionAid workshop for education professionals in the North.

'An important thing to know is that most of the population is resilient to traumatic events'

This is a comforting statement in a conversation about the traumatization of Israel due to the events of October 7, 2023. 

Unpacking Trauma

'They know how to listen': NATAL Deputy Director on peer support role in healing invisible wounds

Hila Shvoron shares how NATAL’s trauma care model is helping reservists and civilians recover after Oct. 7

Hila Shvoron, Deputy Director of NATAL and Director of its Community Resiliency Unit

ZAKA Resilience head at 'Post' Trauma Conference

“Those who serve the dead with dignity deserve a sacred space for them to heal”

Vered Atzmon Meshulam, Head of Resilience at ZAKA

Emunah: Caring for a Nation - opinion

For 90 years, Emunah has been a pillar of support for Israel’s most vulnerable: before, during, and after times of national crisis.

Tema Klausner - President of World Emunah, Tami Beck - Director of the Emunah Sarah Ronson Counseling Center in Sderot