A Nation in Trauma

'There is no normal life here': three Israelis, three years after October 7

Three people reflect on the moments, choices, and unexpected journeys that began with the trauma of October 7

People holding up portraits of Israeli hostages still held in Gaza gather at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv in October 2025. Premium
Former IDF soldiers suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, a psychological injury of war, take part in a sit-in demonstration outside the Knesset (Israeli Parliament) in Jerusalem.PremiumPremium

Can MDMA-assisted therapy heal Israel's post-October 7 trauma? - analysis

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.

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

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


A Nation in Trauma

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.

The latest Business and Innovation podcast episode with Dr. Dekel Taliaz and Anna Ahronheim.

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.

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.

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

Mahut Isreal exemplifies what national recovery must look like.

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.

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.

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

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”

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

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

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

Professor Ben Corn, director of Life’s Door and the “Institute for the Study of Hope, Dignity, and Wellbeing” at Hebrew University