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


Who was Captain Tom, British war veteran who became famous overnight?

Here are some facts about Captain Tom, as he is known to the British public.

Retired British Army Captain Moore walks to raise money for health workers

Last widow of US Civil War veteran dies at age 101

Few knew about the marriage, which was kept secret to avoid a scandal.

Cub Scout Colten Short, 10, of Arlington, salutes a grave after fixing a flag in front of a headstone ahead of the Memorial Day weekend at West Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery in Memphis, Tennessee, US May 19, 2020.

Why did the Golani Brigade commander burn a platoon's flags and symbols?

One former staff sargeant said he recognized his strap and several of the flags in the pictures, adding that he believed the incident was disrespectful to past generations and fallen soldiers.

Golani soldiers during their swearing in ceremony at the Western Wall.

You’re never too old to make aliya

Some 59 years ago the Gaitos lived in Israel. Now, they are back.

HAZEL (AT right), husband Herbie and just some of the grandchildren and great-grandkids.

In honor of IDF Injured Veterans Day, Makers for Heroes does it again

From building VR glasses to a wheelchair-bound vet so he can experience running again, to helping another without an arm fly a drone, MFH helps people restart their lives.

Restart CEO Niv Efron

Rivlin hosts injured IDF veterans to raise awareness for disabilities

Israel’s Defense Ministry has not yet moved with the times, continuing to refer to injured IDF veterans as "disabled."

President Reuven Rivlin is seen meeting with disabled IDF veterans on December 2, 2020.

Veterans Day: Jewish war heroes honored for battle that unified Jerusalem

Ammunition Hill welcomes thousands of visitors each year who come and learn about the significance and importance of the hilltop.

JNF-USA’s Ammunition Hill Wall of Honor acknowledges past and present individuals who served their country’s armed services.

Veterans flourishing in their senior years

“We have a great sense of gratitude to Hashem for the opportunity to live in Israel."

GRACE, 69 AND MICHAEL MILLER, 75 FROM PHILADELPHIA TO JERUSALEM, 2005

Ronald David Bayfield survived Normandy to die alone in a London hospital

Bayfield is survived by his wife and five grandchildren — one of whom, Miriam Berger, is a rabbi at Finchley Reform Synagogue and officiated at his funeral.

Hospital bed in Hadassah Ein Kerem

Struggling NY veterans' hospital asked to also help with coronavirus

"I don't know where the staff to cover all these patients is going to come from, and I don't think they know either."

Workers construct what is believed to be a makeshift morgue behind a hospital during the outbreak of coronavirus disease in New York City