Trauma

We wear white on Yom Kippur to build a human family standing together before the creator of the world.

If Yom Kippur is about showing God that His people are worthy, then surely this year we can stand tall.

While trauma has begun to claim its place in the public conversation, addiction remains shrouded in silence, shame, and stigma.

Two years on, many Gaza border and northern residents report worsening trauma, job loss, and fear of another October 7-style attack.

A new study shows that the collective psychological trauma of October 7 and the subsequent war has left Israeli Jewish adults reeling.

The following is the fourth and final part of a four-part series, Adaptation and Time: Two factors for sustaining mental health, surviving October 7, its duration, and aftermath.

Over the years, we collect and store these experiences. We construct and form associations and memories. We create meaning.

'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.'

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.

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

Ensures that children in underserved communities have opportunities to advance