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


New Exhibition at the Edmond de Rothschild Center

A group exhibition examines ghosts, repression, and collective memory through contemporary artistic practice

Untitled, oil on canvas, 2025

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.

Dancing for health in museums with dance activist Roberto Casarotto - interview

In the last two decades, Casarotto has visited Israel several times, including during the war, to show support and respect for the Israeli dance community and his Israeli colleagues.

The writer with Roberto Casarotto during the interview.

Rocket fire from Gaza has subsided, but Israelis are still on alert

DOMESTIC AFFAIRS: While a veneer of normalcy has returned, true feelings of security and trust in Israel's defense may never be the same as before the war.

Many Israelis saw their lives turned upside down with no warning, as rocket sirens sounded at all hours of the day and night, forcing millions into bomb shelters. Here, Israelis take shelter in a public underground facility during an Iranian ballistic missile barrage in Tel Aviv in June.

Violence, silence, and the need for healing - opinion

When Jewish and Arab facilitators sit together, something subtle but essential happens.

HEALING ON display at an Army of Healers workshop in November 2025.

The fear of forgetting: Lihie Gilhar’s fight to remember October 7 victims

The ‘Bring Them Light’ project helps to transform the grief of October 7 and transform it into something that gives life.

‘Bring Them Light’ temporary installation at Habima Square, Tel Aviv.

Sleepless nation: Dreams reveal Israelis' ongoing struggle with October 7 trauma - study

Using a qualitative, phenomenological approach, the researchers analyzed 203 dream narratives collected in the wake of the October 7, 2023, Hamas terror attack and the Israel–Hamas war that followed.

What do Israelis dream about post October 7?

As Israelis deal with wounds of war, people with disabilities show the way - opinion

Israel’s current war has left deep emotional wounds still in need of healing. Yet we can take pride in knowing that Shalva fulfilled its national responsibility with devotion and dignity.

 Shalva building

For Gaza border communities to rebuild, Israel must stop eroding resilience, support - opinion

If the resilience centers falter, the region falters. And if hope weakens in the Gaza border area, it weakens across the nation.

A TRAINING workshop for active community volunteers takes place at the Sha’ar HaNegev Resilience Center.

Israel’s trauma conference reveals hope amid deep emotional wounds - opinion

A nation in pain finds strength as professionals and volunteers rally to heal the wounded soul.

Susan Cohen and Dr. Nachum Goldwasser were organizers of the Trauma, Resilience, and Unity conference.