Psychology

The Ebenezer Scrooge model: Can Yom Kippur really bring repentance and change?

From Dickens’s Ebenezer Scrooge to modern psychology, the journey from remorse to lasting behavioral change reveals why Yom Kippur can be both a reckoning and a starting point.

YOM KIPPUR asks us to confront who we were, who we have become, and who we might yet become.
Pictured is an illustrative image of an IDF soldier.

There are 636,120 ways home - opinion

A THERAPIST speaks with a patient.

Tel Aviv psychologist charged over 131 unauthorized assessments, 72 alleged forgeries

Dr. Ruth Bar and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu; illustrative.

Ruth Bar breaks silence on her 1993 affair with Netanyahu, his early political rise - interview


Netanyahu in the spotlight versus at home: A psychoanalyst's view, 30 years after PM's rise

According to the psychologist, Netanyahu is a sharp, authoritative leader, but emotionally detached, shaped by a distant father, and lacking in personal support.

 Israeli prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara tour in Tel Gezer and Magshimim Forest together with their sons Yair and Avner, during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, October 21, 2016.

Authenticity prevents couple burnout, study reveals

Having children significantly moderates the relationship between authenticity, emotion regulation, and burnout.

 Authenticity prevents couple burnout, study reveals.

Akin to Stockholm syndrome: How trauma and coercion influence aid work in Gaza - opinion

UN reports lack balance, fueling reasonable accusations that its workers had become psychologically influenced by the realities on the ground in Gaza.

 UN WORKERS arrive to distribute aid to Palestinians in Khan Yunis, a couple of weeks after the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel. UN workers in Gaza appear to be facing immense pressure daily, say the writers.

A blessing or a burden? Life teaches us to create our own miracles

At the moment, we seem to be plagued by an unhealthy mix of just about everything.

 SEE EACH drop put in as a blessing.

Psychologist Emorie Beck reveals how you can unlock happiness

Researchers find happiness doesn't work the same way for everyone.

 Psychologist Emorie Beck reveals how you can unlock happiness.Illustration.

Dr. Phil at ‘Post’ gala: ‘There is no moral equivalent’ to Oct. 7 terror

The TV psychologist blasts moral relativism and campus antisemitism at star-studded JPost gala in NYC.

 Dr. Phil at JPost gala in NYC, May 19th, 2025.

Are you being gaslighted by your rabbi or therapist? Here's how to tell - explainer

Morning prayer: “Keep us far from an evil person and an evil companion.”

 Gaslighting is the deliberate attempt to gain control over others by making them doubt their very identity, feelings, and perceptions (illustrative)

The psychology of kinocide: Why do terrorists target families and women? - opinion

Hamas could have executed families and walked away. But they didn’t. They lingered. They engaged in frenzied massacres, brutal torture, and mutilation.

 DR. COCHAV ELKAYAM-LEVY, interviewed by Caleb Ben Dor, speaks about the Dvora Institute’s project dealing with kinocide, at a Speak Easy lecture series event in Tel Aviv earlier this month

The psychology behind crash games and their global popularity


The psychology behind player retention in iGaming

If you are always wondering how casinos manage to make their games so addictive and engaging, then you’ve come to the right place. Here’s our short guide on what makes these games work so well and wh