A Nation in Trauma

'A generation that is totally lost': Study warns of children's wartime trauma

New data reveal deepening trauma of Israeli children in the northern and southern border regions

|ByRUTH MARKS EGLASH
A study has found that there has been “a multidimensional decline in the emotional resilience and functioning among children and youth living along Israel’s northern and southern borders.
Soldiers stand in front a memorial to fallen soldiers in Jerusalem’s Mount Herzl Cemetery a few days ahead of Yom Hazikaron, Israel’s Remembrance Day.

Even in ceasefire, Israelis are still living with the war - from the editor

Israelis navigate loss, trauma, and rebuilding – revealing both resilience and hidden strain

|ByRUTH MARKS EGLASH
The latest Business and Innovation podcast episode with Dr. Dekel Taliaz and Anna Ahronheim.

This Israeli company uses AI to speed up psychiatric care post-Oct. 7

Taliaz CEO, Dr. Dekel Taliaz, explains how his company uses AI to speed up psychiatric care post-Oct. 7.

|ByJERUSALEM POST PODCASTS
The first wives pilot healing retreat. For many of these women, it was their first safe space to talk honestly about their feelings and the challenges they face.

Israeli nonprofit helps reservist wives navigate war's toll on the home

He went to the front. She became the commander of the house. Inside the unseen war fought by Israel’s reservists’ wives.

|ByCHANI KAPLAN
A Nation in Trauma

Healing the mind: Israel's next frontline is the battle for recovery - opinion

Mahut Isreal exemplifies what national recovery must look like.

NOVEMBER 6, 2025ByNOAM BEDEIN
MAHUT FACILITATORS and partners visit Kibbutz Be’eri to advance collaboration and community resilience.

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.

OCTOBER 22, 2025ByHAYIM LEITER
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.

Confronting the national trauma pandemic - opinion

In Israel, we are all too familiar with the scars of war, smoke on the horizon, sirens in the night, the sound of explosions all too nearby, and funerals of heroes whose names we must never forget.

AUGUST 19, 2025ByOSNAT LEVTZION-KORACH
Shamir Medical Center.

Teva’s ‘Support the Soul’ initiative strengthens Israel’s therapists post-October 7

Yarden Abarbanel notes how Teva's trauma-focused program empowers mental health providers nationwide

JULY 31, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Yarden Abarbanel, program lead of Teva Pharmaceutical’s “Support the Soul” initiative

Professor Shauli Lev-Ran of ICA speaks at 'Post' Trauma Conference

“We’re a country in huge distress. We need an integrative addiction and trauma-informed care”

JULY 31, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Professor Shauli Lev-Ran, co-founder and academic director of ICA, the Israel Center on Addiction and Mental Health

'They know how to listen': NATAL Deputy Director on peer support role in healing invisible wounds

Hila Shvoron shares how NATAL’s trauma care model is helping reservists and civilians recover after Oct. 7

JULY 31, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Hila Shvoron, Deputy Director of NATAL and Director of its Community Resiliency Unit

Israel’s trauma care must evolve with the nation’s mental health needs

Dr. Hilla Hadas emphasizes the urgent mental health crisis in Israel and how tailored, trauma-informed care is meeting it head-on

JULY 31, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Dr. Hilla Hadas, CEO of Enosh, at Jerusalem Post;s broadcast “Healing Israel: A Nation in Trauma”

'Human beings crave hope,' Prof. Ben Corn tells 'Post' Trauma Conference

Prof. Ben Corn discusses how it can be attained at 'Post' Trauma Conference

JULY 31, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Professor Ben Corn, director of Life’s Door and the “Institute for the Study of Hope, Dignity, and Wellbeing” at Hebrew University

'We are receiving 1,000 calls daily,' ERAN head tells 'Post' Trauma Conference

ERAN has over 1,800 volunteers in 13 branches throughout the country and 4 branches in North America and Australia.

JULY 31, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
David Koren, head of ERAN, at the Jerusalem Post conference, “A Nation in Trauma”

Emergency leaders reflect on October 7: 'Preparedness saved lives'

At a Jerusalem Post panel, frontline experts from MDA, ERAN, and MATIV share how Israel is adapting to ongoing trauma

JULY 31, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Inbar Behiri, Vice President and Board Member of US Friends of ERAN Inc., Dr. Danny Brom, of Metiv, Ori Shaham, Moderator Inbal Ann Bouskila, Chief of Staff to the Director General of MDA (L to R)