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

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

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

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


'Totally lost': Israel's next generation faces rising wartime trauma, study warns

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

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.

A generational crisis: Israel's most vulnerable children pay war's steepest price

How the Israel-Iran conflict has shattered the lives of at-risk children and youth

At-risk youth in Israel are slipping into a deepening generational crisis after two years of war.

Why do people with post-trauma avoid dental treatments?

Studies from Israel and around the world indicate a clear link between PTSD and avoidance of dental treatment and an increase in gum diseases. Why does this happen?

Why do people with post-trauma avoid dental treatments?

‘Everything went dark’: A survivor’s visceral account of the 2003 Tel Aviv beach bombing

Twenty-three years after the Mike’s Place suicide attack, a survivor describes the chilling moment his reality shifted and who he believes saved him.

A young Israeli couple kiss 06 May 2003 during a memorial gathering at the beachfront Tel Aviv bar, Mike's Place, which was hit by a suicide bomber a week earlier. The bar reopened as Israelis celebrated their 55th independence day.

A shattered covenant: Israel’s lone soldiers and the broken promise of care

Joshua Boone served for 748 days in the Gaza war. He kept his side of the covenant.  Did Israel keep its side?

LATE LONE SOLDIER: M. Sgt (res.) Joshua Boone, 2024.

Writing through war: Helping Israelis process trauma across generations - opinion

Over the past two and a half years, I’ve often turned to my pen. While so much has been rattled and shaken - writing became my way to make sense of it all, and a source of comfort.

AT ZEIDA’S last liberation dinner in Melbourne, Australia, 2015

The silent wave

Why we must prepare for the upcoming crisis in child protection

Sad, child and crying on floor in home with mental health, abuse or anxiety from trauma.

Before the song: On Passover, Miriam leads with rhythm when the path is unclear

Miriam leads not through words or commands but through rhythm, movement, and shared presence. Her tambourine becomes a structure that others can enter.

Engraving: The Song of Miriam (1880), by William Blake Richmond.

From the drama of the gifted child to national healing and peace - opinion

The most profound expressions of human evil are rarely the products of innate malice, but are instead the tragic harvest of deep emotional suffocation.

A man walks next to a poster with a picture of Iran's new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei in Tehran, Iran, March 22, 2026

Finding light in the shadows of crisis

Continuing support for abused children in times of war

Children watch television in an underground parking lot at a shopping mall that has been turned into a shelter, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Tel Aviv, Israel, March 17, 2026