Emotional Resilience

Israel after Oct. 7: What Moses teaches us about survival and responsibility

As Israel emerges from three years of war, Moshe’s ancient message offers a powerful reminder: surviving tragedy is only the beginning. We must also decide what we stand for.

WOMEN STAND in prayer at the Kotel.
Keren Seelenfreund, a student in Ono Academic College’s M.A. program in Art Therapies – Visual Art Therapy

Creating healing through art

A father talking to his son on a winter morning in Jaffa street, both wearing protective masks, Jerusalem, November 5th, 2020

Trauma is a reality, but hope is a strategy

Haim Bibas, head of the Federation of Local Authorities in Israel and mayor of Modi’in Maccabaim Re’ut.

Local government, national impact: Haim Bibas on shaping Israel’s future


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.

Staying resilient: Not letting the enemy enjoy our suffering - opinion

We have to stop cooperating with the enemy’s psychological warfare, full of deception and cruelty. Let’s remember, our suffering and deaths are their joy.

 Resilience: Illustrative image.

Rebuilding the North: Israel's blueprint for community resilience

A special Jerusalem Post broadcast event

 Israel's North: Looking Forward

Joy and suffering are not mutually exclusive - comment

Life must go on, not in spite of what happened, but precisely because of it. And the Jewish nation’s tenacity will prevail.

 PEOPLE SIT at tables outside of restaurants along Jaffa Road in Jerusalem.

Seeing green again: KKL-JNF faces a 30-40 year challenge of restoring forests damaged by Hezbollah

Since the outbreak of Swords of Iron War on October 7, 2023, vast areas of forests and open lands have been severely damaged, primarily due to fires caused by daily barrages of rockets and missiles.

 Smoke rises from a fire which broke out from missiles fired from Lebanon at a forest outside the northern Israeli city of Tzfat, September 24, 2024.

Injured IDF reservist's company raises over $100 million

Itamar Ben Hemo, injured during IDF reservist duty in January, credits Israelis' definitive resilience, hope, and extraordinary spirit as reasons for his success.

IDF soldiers operate in the Gaza Strip, December 25, 2024.

An Ode to Israel’s Heroes

"In this past year, my heroes are the resilient children forced from their homes by terrorists, the civilians who helped one another in times of need, and our courageous soldiers who defend us."

 Israelis mourn as Remembrance Day begins for Israel's fallen soldiers and victims of terror, at Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv, on May 12, 2024.

Bar Mitzvah joy to battlefield bravery: The resilience of wounded IDF soldiers

Day after day, the wounded soldiers summon the emotional strength and fortitude to undergo rehabilitation.

 AN IDF soldier wounded in the Gaza ground invasion is brought to a Jerusalem hospital, Dec. 29, 2023.

A guide to coping with individual and national loss on Remembrance Day - opinion

We have identified key strategies to cope with the specific Israeli experience of trauma and loss. These tools and techniques have helped thousands of individuals and communities to heal.

 THE WRITER meets with a group of bereaved teenagers.

Israeli firm to start trials for mental health diagnostic device

MindTension is set to begin global clinical trials for its promising mental health diagnostic device.

 The MindTension device