Trauma

The power of "Agile Philanthropy" in times of crisis

Agile philanthropic partners provide the speed, flexibility, and sustained commitment required to solve complex social crises in real time

AUGUST 4, 2026|ByERAN ZIMRIN

Broward helped co-develop a strategic framework to protect young Israeli women serving.

The dedicated treatment suite established for the MDMA-assisted psychotherapy clinical trial, where participants undergo supervised eight-hour treatment sessions. Illustrative image.

MDMA-assisted psychotherapy reduces PTSD in 80% of soldiers, Israeli study finds

While under the influence of MDMA, patients are believed to be able to engage with traumatic memories while experiencing emotional regulation, trust, and psychological safety.

AUGUST 4, 2026|ByDANYA SAPERSTEIN

Israeli soldiers are seen outside the Sde Teiman military base near Beersheba, southern Israel, July 30, 2026.

IDF to begin combat processing program for Givati soldiers following mass walkout from Sde Teiman

The program will focus primarily on discussions with organizational consultants and mental health officers, during which soldiers will have space to share their combat experiences.

AUGUST 2, 2026|ByAMIR BOHBOT

IDF soldiers patrol by the Lebanese border in northern Israel, June 9, 2026

Defense Ministry, FIDF to establish new brain injury rehabilitation center for wounded soldiers

It will be located in Tel Aviv, serving as the only center in Israel dedicated exclusively to the rehabilitation of IDF veterans with brain trauma. It is expected to be completed in 2030.

JULY 24, 2026|ByEITAN ELIAS

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.

MAY 19, 2026ByOMER TULCHINSKY

Teenagers arrive tense, angry, lonely, distrustful, and completely closed off, and then have their emotional state change through their encounter with the waves.

The miracle that shaped Israel Prize winner Avi Rivkind’s life and career - opinion

How one trauma surgeon’s split-second decision changed the course of a young soldier’s life.

MAY 17, 2026ByBARBARA SOFER

AVIYA, SHIMON, holding his sister’s grandson, and Aviya’s daughter Tahel.

“The sea saved my life. Now we use it to save others”

Inside Israel’s surf-therapy organization

MAY 13, 2026ByRONNIE ROSENMAN

HaGal Sheli session. Waves as opportunities

A time for healing: Can Israel mend its deep internal rift? - opinion

To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven: A time to be born, a time to die; a time to plant, a time to reap; a time to kill, a time to heal. – Ecclesiastes

MAY 8, 2026BySTEWART WEISS

NAFTALI BENNETT visits Sgt. Yona Brief, wounded in Kfar Aza on Oct. 7. After 417 days of hospitalization, Brief succumbed to his injuries.

Emunah’s Quiet Heroes

Emunah children’s homes care for hundreds of children who have histories of trauma, abuse and instability.

MAY 7, 2026ByMEIRA LERNER, IN COLLABORATION WITH WORLD EMUNAH

A volunteer and 2 children from an Emunah Children's Home

Western collective Stockholm Syndrome: Empathizing with those who threaten it - opinion

What happened in Stockholm over six days, the West has been doing, collectively, gradually, and largely without acknowledgement for the better part of three decades.

MAY 6, 2026ByMAX RADFORD