Trauma

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

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

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.PremiumPremium

Israel could become a global laboratory for treating collective trauma - analysis

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

Belzbergs honored for supporting Israel’s bereaved and wounded families


When humanity meets the sea: Surfing as a source of solace from trauma

Surf Therapy has become a significant tool in coping with trauma and other mental health challenges. The experience accumulated in Israel enables us to provide innovative tools to the world.

Teenagers arrive tense, angry, lonely, distrustful, and completely closed off, and then have their emotional state change through their encounter with the waves.

The miracle that shaped Israel Prize winner Avi Rivkind’s life and career - opinion

How one trauma surgeon’s split-second decision changed the course of a young soldier’s life.

AVIYA, SHIMON, holding his sister’s grandson, and Aviya’s daughter Tahel.

“The sea saved my life. Now we use it to save others”

Inside Israel’s surf-therapy organization

HaGal Sheli session. Waves as opportunities

A time for healing: Can Israel mend its deep internal rift? - opinion

To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven: A time to be born, a time to die; a time to plant, a time to reap; a time to kill, a time to heal. – Ecclesiastes

NAFTALI BENNETT visits Sgt. Yona Brief, wounded in Kfar Aza on Oct. 7. After 417 days of hospitalization, Brief succumbed to his injuries.

Emunah’s Quiet Heroes

Emunah children’s homes care for hundreds of children who have histories of trauma, abuse and instability.

A volunteer and 2 children from an Emunah Children's Home

Western collective Stockholm Syndrome: Empathizing with those who threaten it - opinion

What happened in Stockholm over six days, the West has been doing, collectively, gradually, and largely without acknowledgement for the better part of three decades.

 People take part in a 'Stop Bombing Iran' protest organized by Stop the War Coalition and Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, in London, Britain, June 23, 2025

Israel's greatest generations: Gen Zers, millennials who answered the call after Oct. 7 - opinion

They have saved us from annihilation, and it is up to us, Israelis, Jews, and anyone who values decency and humanity, to help them rebuild.

IDF troops operate behind the Yellow Line in Gaza, November 20, 2025.

Former Welfare Ministry official joins Yashar!, Eisenkot vows post-war trauma rehabilitation plan

Yehezkeli, 48, is a Jerusalem resident and mother of two who has held a range of roles in government ministries and in social organizations.

Yashar! Party leader Gadi Eisenkot speaks in Herzliya, April 26, 2026; illustrative.

What we get when we’ve nothing left to give - opinion

Nearly 40% of Israeli civilians fall within the clinical range for probable PTSD.

YEMANU BINYAMIN Zalka, 21, was stabbed in Petah Tikva on Independence Day and later succumbed to his wounds.

The ecosystem of healing

Why we treat the whole tree, not just the branch

Little Twin Girls are sitting and ancient old olive tree. Children are enjoying big and old ancient olive tree in the olive garden in Mediterranean