Teenagers

When humanity meets the sea: Surfing as a source of solace from trauma

Surf Therapy has become a significant tool in coping with trauma and other mental health challenges. The experience accumulated in Israel enables us to provide innovative tools to the world.

Teenagers arrive tense, angry, lonely, distrustful, and completely closed off, and then have their emotional state change through their encounter with the waves.
Illustrative; Israeli students take part in a rally calling for the release of Israelis held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza, in Jerusalem, December 18, 2024.

Less than one-fourth of Israeli teenagers trust country's leadership, study shows

A young Iraqi girl who has reached the age of wearing a hijab, is clothed in the head covering worn by many Muslim women for the first time during a ceremony organised at the Basra International Stadium in Iraq's southern city of Basra on December 11, 2025.

Teenage girl murdered after refusing arranged marriage to cousin, Iraqi women’s rights group claims

HOODIES  store in Azrieli Mall in Tel Aviv

Hoodies' new move: New girls' collection with an investment of millions of shekels


Family warns against ‘dusting’ challenge after teenage daughter died from viral trend

Dusting, also known as ‘chroming’ or ‘huffing,’  is a trend where a computer dusting spray is inhaled to get high.

 Facebook, TikTok apps are seen on a smartphone in this illustration taken, July 13, 2021.

A battle for the soul: How to identify emotional distress in teenagers – and be there in time

Now more than ever, it's important to better understand what teenagers in the family are going through. A child psychiatrist offers helpful advice.

 In some cases, the child is stuck in their room for hours in front of the computer and refuses to come out

Two teens arrested after accidentally shooting friend in Rishon Lezion

The teens were handling a firearm belonging to one of their parents in an open area when one of them was shot and is currently stated to be in critical condition.

 Magen David Adom (MDA) medics arrive at the scene of a shooting in Rishon Lezion, June 8, 2025.

Report: One in five Israelis smokes, rate 30% higher than global average

Health Minister Uriel Bosso: 'The smoking epidemic continues and constitutes one of the deadliest health risk factors in the State of Israel'

 Report: One in five Israelis smokes, rate 30% higher than global average.

A Jewish marriage contract that served two couples -opinion

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 People who came to the Hershkovitz's for Zikaron BaSalon. (Inset) Yossi Hershkovitz

Study: Treating depression in young teenagers may be more effective than in adults

Scientists used network analysis to show that adolescent depression symptoms fluctuate before stabilizing in adulthood.

 Study: Treating depression in young teenagers may be more effective than in adults.