Emotional Resilience

Parashat Vayigash: A shoulder of tears

 Though the formal verse of 'Shema, Israel' would only be inscribed later in Torah, Jacob sensed its truth centuries earlier.

Joseph meeting his father, Jacob, in the desert, at the frontier of Egypt. Painting by Jean-Antoine Julien de Parme (1736 - 1799).
The Sea Museum’s support program reaches all sectors of Israel’s population who were affected by the war. In this photo, mothers of those murdered at the Supernova music festival share the experience.

Seaside museum becomes resilience hub for Israel's war-scarred survivors

A man writing in a gym

The cheap habit that improves brain function and builds mental resilience

 Tired pensive military man feeling worry and despair overhead view. Psychological trauma and PTSD treatment at therapy session. Tired pensive military man feeling worry and despair overhead view

New blueprint for trauma recovery: Winning the silent war of our generation - opinion


Sleep deprived and pushing through: The view from central Israel amid Iran missiles - opinion

Israelis were jolted awake on June 13, and for the weeks that followed, they were not able to catch a full night's sleep and spent their days running to and from shelters, extracting a heavy toll.

 People take shelter in an underground light rail station in Tel Aviv during ongoing missile attacks from Iran, June 17, 2025.

Innovation and investment: Israel's path to national resilience - opinion

Investing in resilience technologies and mental health is essential to Israel's continued existence as a strong, stable, and secure society.

 MEMBERS OF the Resilience Accelerator in Sderot meet with Teva Israel CEO Yossi Ofek (far right) in Tel Aviv as part of the accelerator’s initiative to connect resilience-promoting start-ups with Teva Pharmaceuticals.

One Family mobilizes as war with Iran escalates

While Israeli families suffer loss and pain, OneFamily, the national organization for the care of bereaved families and the wounded, calls the public to take action.

 Moshe Saville, CEO of One Family, visiting the wounded at Wolfson Hospital

Crisis, conflict, and the kindest generation - opinion

For six years, Israeli children have known about pandemic, war, and little else, but they have not allowed their tumultuous adolescence to define them.

 NATIONAL SERVICE volunteers at the ADI Negev-Nahalat Eran rehabilitation village shower a special education student with severe disabilities with affection, as though he were their own sibling.

Building Resilience: TAU National Center for Trauma and Resilience

The Miriam and Moshe Shuster Building will be the new home for the center and its flagship facility: The Trauma and Anxiety Clinic.

 Architectural rendering of the Miriam and Moshe Shuster Building, designed by architect Erez Shani.

It starts with our children: Healing the deepest wounds of Israel's war - opinion

The emotional toll of the war is hard on children. Home Within the Heart, a University of Haifa initiative, works on addressing children's emotional needs.

 CHILDREN PARTICIPATE in a Home Within the Heart session.

We are not okay — and it’s time to say it out loud - opinion

There's a price to pay for suppressing the national emotional state. We can only begin to heal by acknowledging that things are bad and change is needed.

 VISITORS TO the site of the Nova music festival massacre stand as nationwide sirens sound on Remembrance Day last month. We’ve learned to live with pain and violence to the point our that emotions have dulled, the writer laments.

The game that may change the way parents communicate with their children

Two experts in their fields, Dr. Tal Aperman-Yitzhak and Shelly Porper-Rosen, created an innovative game that may change the way parents communicate with their children on complex topics.

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Confronting hate: How Jewish communities resist antisemitism in the US - opinion

Despite the statistics, despite the threats, I see people proudly wearing kippot. In airports, travelers pause to lay tefillin. The Jewish people have always endured, and they will again.

 A view of a US flag and an Israeli flag held up by people during a demonstration to show support for U.S. President Joe Biden, for not inviting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House, in front of the US Consulate in Tel Aviv, Israel, March 30, 2023.

Strategic philanthropy is crucial now - opinion

Our mission remains clear: to bolster Israel’s national resilience by ensuring that local systems from the North to the South have the support they need.

THE STRATEGIC active philanthropy model.