Trauma

The shoreline that holds: October 7 post-trauma therapists embark on a healing retreat

For years, many of these therapists have sat with survivors, bereaved parents, evacuated families, children who lost their sense of safety, and communities trying to return to life.

TRAUMA THERAPISTS from the Sha’ar HaNegev Resilience Center gather for the first time since Oct.7 on the serene, open lawns of the Nahsholim Hotel, an environment purposefully selected as the ideal natural healing space for communal processing and emotional recovery.
An illustrative image of a woman in distress in a psychologist's office, with no therapist present.

Israeli young adults show mental health recovery since October 7, but challenges persist

Fire caused from rockets launched from Lebanon, outside the northern Israeli town of Kiryat Shmona, June 1, 2024

The children of the northern border pay the price of war - opinion

 The area of ​​the Nova party where hundreds of Israelis were killed and kidnapped by Hamas terrorists who infiltrated to Israel, near the Israeli-Gaza border, in southern Israel, photo taken on October 12, 2023.

The quiet weapon: Sexual violence is a strategy, not a byproduct of war - opinion


Going it alone: Israel’s healing won’t come from the world—it must come from within - opinion

We must press on in the face of this adversity because, if need be, we can dance out of the stairwell on our own.

PEOPLE MARK the conclusion of Simchat Torah at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv last week, even as the clock continues to tick, still awaiting the return of hostages killed in captivity in Gaza. Simchat Torah was a mix of emotions this year, the writer notes.

The women of the western Negev are still fighting to heal from October 7 - opinion

This is our moment as a society to pause, to listen, and to act. If we abandon the women of the western Negev, we lose the heart of the south.

A depressed woman

A script for Netanyahu: How Bibi can apologize and heal a nation broken by war - opinion

To heal that breach and unify the country once again, someone has to figuratively pick up the cudgel, rise to the challenge, and say what needs to be said publicly to jump-start the recovery process.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives to the courtroom at the District Court in Tel Aviv, in the trial against him, October 15, 2025.

Reasons to be cheerful: How some Israelis find relief for the soul and body during the war

In the aftermath of October 7, 2023, a number of Israelis managed to find some desperately needed solace in all manner of “alternative” pursuits.

ZACHI DEVASH – a one-man street theater performer.

Hostages arriving at hospital combines 'excitement, anxiety, tears of relief,' doctor tells Maariv

Rabin Medical Center's Dr. Lena Feldman Koren shares insights on the emotional and medical care provided to returning hostages, detailing the preparations, personalized treatment for their recovery.

Deputy Director of the Rabin Medical Center, and Director of the center's Beilinson Campus, Dr. Lena Feldman Koren (R) with released hostage Guy Gilboa-Dalal, October 13, 2025.

Between Compassion and Management: How to Make Decisions About Human Pain

Our challenge as leaders is to find a way for an entire nation to heal, not only to treat

Hagit Kamin, CEO of SyqeAir

“Israel is Only at the Beginning of an Emotional Tsunami”

Against a growing mental health crisis, Life’s Door reports surge in demand for hope workshops

Prof. Ben Corn, founder of The Institute for the Study of Hope, at a Hope Seminar

Our national duty to society: Taking care of our private and national trauma - opinion

Even if others are at fault for the trauma that was allowed to strike us, and if our leaders should be resigning, I still believe that change must begin where we actually can make a difference.

A memorial ceremony at the Nova festival marking two years since the October 7 massacre when Hamas terrorists infiltrated southern Israel, murdering more than 1200 people. October 07, 2025.

A Nation in Pain

A silent crisis of trauma and addiction

Stop drug addiction concept.

'I'm scared to go to the synagogue,' Manchester synagogue terror attack survivors speak to NYT

Survivors of the Yom Kippur terror attack in Manchester describe fear, grief, and rising antisemitism as police tighten security across the city.

People gather near the scene, after an attack in which a car was driven at pedestrians and stabbings were reported near a synagogue in north Manchester, Britain, October 2, 2025.