PTSD

Nova music festival survivor Maayan Dee to ‘Post’ Gala: SafeHeart is a lifeboat in stormy PTSD

Maayan Dee's personal story highlights the work of SafeHeart, an organization founded to address the unique psychological challenges faced by survivors of the October 7 massacre.

Nova survivor Maayan Dee speaks at The Jerusalem Post's Annual Conference, in New York City, US, June 1, 2026
An illustrative image of a woman in distress in a psychologist's office, with no therapist present.

Caring for the carers: Israel's hidden mental health crisis - opinion

Gal Bilboa-Dalal receives first tattoo from Healing Ink based on the secret message from his brother Guy Bilboa-Dalal carried out of Gaza by a freed hostage.

Former Gaza hostage, October 7 survivors receive therapeutic Healing Ink tattoos

PARTICIPANTS IN the new ‘Back in the Game’ initiative compete during a special tournament launch event for IDF veterans coping with PTSD, held last Friday in Israel.

Israel Basketball Association launches 'Back in the Game' initiative for veterans with PTSD


Israel sees spike in PTSD and suicide among troops as war against Hamas, Hezbollah persists

Israeli studies show that the Gaza war and conflicts in Lebanon and Syria have taken their toll on the mental health of soldiers.

IDF soldier illustrative.

The war that never pauses: How rolling trauma is shaping Israeli life - opinion

In the past, we were used to thinking of trauma as an event with a beginning, middle, and end. The ongoing war and the current tension surrounding Iran break this sequence.

An illustrative image of a man in therapy.

'Pillar of the community': Mourning loss of lone soldier Joshua Boone, family pushes for IDF burial

Since Boone’s death was just over two weeks after his reserve service officially ended, the Defense Ministry does not recognize him as a fallen soldier under existing criteria.

Lone soldier Josh Boone from Idaho.

Frija trial begins: IDF reservist faces manslaughter charges in mistaken shooting

The trial of IDF reservist Aviad Frija, charged with manslaughter for mistakenly killing an Israeli in a terror attack, begins January 19. The case has sparked public debate.

IDF reservist Sgt. (res.) Aviad Frija, suspected of shooting Israeli civilian Yuval Kestelman.

'I'll carry this my entire life. You can't heal': Ex-hostage Romi Gonen discusses her trauma

Former Gaza hostage Romi Gonen delivers a raw account of isolation, sexual abuse, and survival in Hamas captivity, telling Channel 12’s Uvda that no one will silence her story anymore.

Romi Gonen (R) and mother Meirav Leshem-Gonen (L) embracing following Gonen's return from Hamas's terror captivity.

One degree of separation: How Jews connect through trauma, unite in hope - opinion

By every rational measure, such repeated traumas should have left the Jews scattered, fragmented, and broken. But as our story goes, that’s not what happened.

A memorial ceremony at the Nova festival marking two years since the October 7 massacre when Hamas terrorists infiltrated southern Israel, murdering more than 1200 people. October 07, 2025.

Freed hostage Segev Kalfon denounces lack of support received from Israel since release

Ex-hostage Segev Kalfon calls out Israel’s lack of support since his release, sharing his harrowing experiences of captivity, violence, and the emotional toll faced in captivity in a KAN interview.

Former hostage Segev Kalfon speaks in Jerusalem, November 17, 2025.

A Fighter for Israel’s Soldiers

The question is clear, “This isn’t a fight over budgets. It’s a fight over the lives of the people who protected all of us.”

Shifra Shahar, CEO of the nonprofit  A Warm Home for Every Soldier

Voices of October 7: Yuval Haran spoke to photojournalist Chen Schimmel

"When there is nothing, both darkness and light can exist, and the choice of which one to believe is ours."

Yuval lights the Hanukkah menorah, praying for a miracle: the return of Tal, his brother-in-law, the final family member still held captive

Israeli nonprofit helps reservist wives navigate war's toll on the home

He went to the front. She became the commander of the house. Inside the unseen war fought by Israel’s reservists’ wives.

The first wives pilot healing retreat. For many of these women, it was their first safe space to talk honestly about their feelings and the challenges they face.