Trauma

Teaching Jewish happiness after October 7: An educator's fresh approach to Jewish pride

EDUCATION AFFAIRS: In the aftermath of trauma, Dr. Ben-Shahar advocates for teaching positivity and success in Jewish education, shifting focus from suffering to pride, resilience, and happiness.

'In the Diaspora we need to continue with Jewish education.’ Tal Ben-Shahar at the Yael Awards in Vienna earlier this month.
MACCABIDENT’S DR. Doron Haim: Anxiety alters hormonal regulation, which can affect how and when teeth emerge.

War trauma can hinder development of children's teeth, study finds

IDF VETERANS work the fields as part of Kaima’s Anchored in the Earth therapeutic farming program.

Anchored in the Earth: The theraputic farm helping Israel's combat veterans

The former concentration camp Auschwitz

Grapevine: 'I also remember a miracle'


Getting to know physician and Hollywood radio-TV personality Dr. Drew Pinsky

'I definitely believe in God. Definitely a higher power, even if it’s just ‘faith in the laws of physics.’ Whatever it is, something way bigger than me is going on.'

THE COUPLE at the 2016 MTV Movie Awards in Burbank, California. Pinsky was a regular on the Music Television channel, notably hosting weekly TV talk show ‘Loveline’ from 1996 to 2000. He also hosted reunion specials for MTV reality series ‘Teen Mom OG’ and was involved in MTV campaigns on HIV/AIDS

From Alaska to Sderot's frontlines of resilience

In Sderot, the threats are not predators but rockets, sirens, and the memory of sadistic terrorist invasions that shattered this town nearly two years ago.

FLYING BACK home after exploring remote wilderness parts of Alaska.

October 7 shattered our sense of safety but not our capacity for resilience - opinion

Resilience is not about snapping back to what was before but about taking pain and integrating it into a story that creates strength.

 View of the Re'im music festival massacre, in southern Israel, January 16, 2025.

25 ViZionaries Ido Mahatzri: No. 15

Ensures that children in underserved communities have opportunities to advance

Ido Mahatzri

The war isn’t over and the real battle has just begun - opinion

Since October 7, Israelis have lived with unrelenting trauma, and the country is in the midst of a mental health state of emergency.

VISITORS PONDER the scene of the Nova massacre. IDF soldier Daniel Edri burned himself alive after he told his mother that he could still smell and envision the dead bodies he had found on October 7 at the Nova site.

First Lady Michal Herzog Visits the National Center for Traumatic Stress and Resilience at TAU

Tel Aviv University operates Israel’s largest PTSD clinic, providing life-saving care to soldiers and civilians amid the ongoing war.

Left to right- Prof. Amal Jamal, Prof. Yair Bar-Haim, Israel’s First Lady, Michal Herzog & TAU President, Prof. Ariel Porat

How NATAL helps Israelis heal invisible wounds, rebuild after war and trauma

As trauma overwhelms Israel, emotional support center’s leaders explain how therapy, resilience, and career coaching offer paths to hope

After October 7, NATAL developed short-term treatment programs using a variety of trauma-specific interventions

Adaptation and time: How we were adapting in the past, prior to October 7

Living according to an attitude of no choice has been a choice made by Jews and Israelis throughout our history. It has been part of our lives and an important means of adapting before October 7.

 The aftermath of Hamas's Nova music festival massacre in Re'im, southern Israel, on October 7, 2023. Picture taken November 2, 2023

Making sense of ourselves after October 7

How we can regain clarity, reconnect with ourselves and one another, and rebuild a shared sense of meaning in the aftermath of trauma.

 The aftermath of Hamas's Nova music festival massacre in Re'im, southern Israel, on October 7, 2023. Picture taken November 2, 2023

Finding unity after trauma - opinion

There are rays of hope and healing that are slowly piercing their way through the dark shadows hovering over the Jewish state.

 Palestinian Hamas militants release female Israeli soldier Agam Berger held in Gaza since the deadly October 7 2023 attack, as part of a ceasefire and a hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel, in Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip, January 30, 2025.