Veterans

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

The initiative was created in response to requests from members of the Zahal Disabled Veterans Organization, who said basketball had become an important outlet in helping them cope with trauma.

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.
People wrapped in Israeli flags walk through the Ammunition Hill historic site in Jerusalem on June 2, 2024.

WATCH: A son's tale of an Ammunition Hill hero

 U.S. President Donald Trump signs an executive order encouraging more research into ibogaine, next to U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Joe Rogan, and Americans for Ibogaine CEO W. Bryan Hubbard, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., April 18

Trump signs order to accelerate Ibogaine research for veterans with PTSD 

PTSD illustration.

As Israel’s PTSD crisis deepens, new treatment offers hope for scarred IDF veterans


ER doctor at Florida veterans hospital shot by double amputee shooter

Bon is a homeless veteran who spent a short time in the U.S. Army in the ‘70s.

U.S. Army Chief of Staff Gen. Peter Schoomaker (L) talks with amputee Aaron Schoenfeld, a Marine veteran from Navarre, Florida, at a hearing by the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington about conditions at Walter Reed Army Medical Center March 6, 2007. Schoomaker's brother, M

To be a part of the IDF disabled veterans

“Dad, it’s me, I am injured but I am alive.”

An IDF soldier

Pedal to the metal – in Israel

From Odessa to Ashkelon.

‘MOSES,’ BY Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1513-1515, at San Pietro in Vincoli (Rome)

Vets group helps Americans and Israelis cure deep wounds

Heroes to Heroes brings veterans from across the United States to Israel so they can experience the Jewish State’s ability to cure their deepest wounds.

 Heroes to Heroes veterans Harrison Manyoma (right) and Omar Jana seen after getting baptized in the Jordan River

Dear Israelis, dear veterans

We are convinced that the memory of our fallen and the common victory over Nazism has always been and will continue to be a uniting factor.

A World War Two veteran holds a flower and Israel's national flag during a march in Jerusalem commemorating the 70th anniversary of VE (Victory in Europe) Day May 10, 2015

Palmach Veteran Naomi Polani honored by President Reuven Rivlin

Rivlin called her “the mother of the entertainment units.”

President Reuven Rivlin

Pigeons, winged warriors that helped Israel to victory 70 years ago

Lacking communication devices during the war, the Israeli forces relied on a clandestine network of 68 dovecots spread across the country, and ran 'pigeoneer' courses for soldiers.

Pigeon handler Haim Wolf holds a carrier pigeon in Kibbutz Givat Brenner, Israel, April 1, 2018. Picture taken April 1, 2018

Grapevine: Presidential travels

The prominence of the Recanati family can be traced back to Saloniki in Greece, where its members were among the leaders of the Jewish community.

FROM LEFT: Udi and Dina Recanati with Ruthie Ofek.

Disabled veterans wheel through Jerusalem in annual torch race

Rivlin meets with disabled soldiers several times a year in different parts of the country.

President Reuven Rivlin meets disabled veteran cyclists in Jerusalem

Rivlin recognizes disabled soldiers and victims of terror

"We could do more for you,” President Reuven Rivlin acknowledged, pledging: “And we will do more for you.”

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin and national chairman for the Organization of Victims of Terrorism Abie Moses