Trauma

Shared vulnerability: Addressing child abuse In diverse Israeli communities

Our children's futures depend entirely on our willingness to build bridges of trust, unique to every neighborhood, across Israel.

Little girl with teddy bear near light wall indoors, back view
 The aftermath of Hamas's Nova music festival massacre in Re'im, southern Israel, on October 7, 2023. Picture taken November 2, 2023

Israel approves NIS 60 million plan to support Nova massacre survivors through 2028

 Demonstrators hold signs against what they describe as international silence over sexual violence perpetrated against Israeli women during the attack by Hamas on southern Israel on October 7, at a protest in Jerusalem, November 27, 2023.

Breaking the individual to break the collective - opinion

TRAUMA THERAPISTS from the Sha’ar HaNegev Resilience Center gather for the first time since Oct.7 on the serene, open lawns of the Nahsholim Hotel, an environment purposefully selected as the ideal natural healing space for communal processing and emotional recovery.

The shoreline that holds: October 7 post-trauma therapists embark on a healing retreat


Israeli young adults show mental health recovery since October 7, but challenges persist

Hadar Samuel, a researcher at MJB, added that this study was especially groundbreaking for social sciences because it “looks beyond symptoms and examines their real-world consequences.”

An illustrative image of a woman in distress in a psychologist's office, with no therapist present.

The children of the northern border pay the price of war - opinion

The time has come for the government to stop managing evacuations and start investing in community resilience and respite models with the same seriousness and budgets it invests in Iron Dome. 

Fire caused from rockets launched from Lebanon, outside the northern Israeli town of Kiryat Shmona, June 1, 2024

The quiet weapon: Sexual violence is a strategy, not a byproduct of war - opinion

The United Nations Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict later concluded that there were reasonable grounds to believe conflict-related sexual violence had occurred during the attacks

 The area of ​​the Nova party where hundreds of Israelis were killed and kidnapped by Hamas terrorists who infiltrated to Israel, near the Israeli-Gaza border, in southern Israel, photo taken on October 12, 2023.

Silence before speaking: Logotherapy helps process trauma, evil after October 7

Logotherapy emphasizes the importance of a meaning-centered outlook on life to help Oct. 7 survivors and family members work through trauma.

MENTEE & MENTOR: Israeli logotherapists Batya Yaniger (L) and Teria Shantall.

Israel to build new NIS 1.1 billion rehabilitation hospital in Tel Aviv

The Judisman Family Charitable Foundation will contribute NIS 200 million to the facility, which will include 540 inpatient beds, a hydrotherapy pool, green spaces, and a trauma clinic.

Renderings of the Jusidman Rehabilitation Hospital campus in Sde Dov, North Tel Aviv. Credit: MYS Architects.

23 years later: Surviving and not forgetting - opinion

Otherwise known as “pay-for-slay,” the funds reward terrorists and their families with monthly stipends for murdering Israelis and Americans.

Times Square billboard bringing awareness to the Palestinian Authority's 'Pay for Slay' policy

Nirim – Changing the lives of high-risk youth in Israel

“It doesn’t matter where you came from, whether you have a criminal record, or what mistakes you have made. If you are willing to work hard and change, the sky is the limit."

Raz Karni, Head of the Nirim Youth Village.

National Insurance to adopt new protections, accommodations for sexual assault survivors

If the person asks for a female doctor to be part of the panel, NII will try to grant the request, depending on whether a female doctor is available in the relevant medical field and location.

 The program is part of a national effort to alleviate the Israeli doctor shortage. (Illustrative).

Can MDMA-assisted therapy heal Israel's post-October 7 trauma? - analysis

A defining moment for mental health and societal resilience in Israel

Former IDF soldiers suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, a psychological injury of war, take part in a sit-in demonstration outside the Knesset (Israeli Parliament) in Jerusalem.
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Belzbergs honored for supporting Israel’s bereaved and wounded families

Recognized for a quarter-century of service, the OneFamily founders highlighted the growing emotional toll of war and their efforts to build long-term support networks for affected families.

One Family: Chantal Co-Founder and Exec Vice Chair, and Mark Belzberg, Co-Founder and Chairman of OneFamily