Clowns

Cara Nachshon: The grandma with a red nose in her pocket

“I think I’ve always been a clown. It’s always been inside me. But I finally did the course that entitled me to put on a red nose. At 58, it was the right time in my life to do it.” 

|ByABIGAIL KLEIN LEICHMAN
CARA & TONY NACHSHON surrounded by their children at a family dinner.
Shorty, at left, is part of a thriving community of medical clowns in Israel.

This clown eats bubbles, cracks jokes to help Israeli children recover from trauma

Israel is a global leader in medical clowning, a field that has grown in need since Oct. 7.

|ByDEBORAH DANAN/JTA
Channah Appel trained to become a medical clown under the name of Channa Banana, inspired by the movie ‘Patch Adams.’

Clowning, caring, and claiming her voice: How Jerusalemite Channah Appel is making a difference

Channah Appel is using compassion, community initiatives, and quiet determination to make her mark in Israel.

|ByALAN ROSENBAUM
IDF PARATROOPER Menahem Ben-Halifa – from wounded soldier to medical clown.

This is how medical clowns are helping treat post-Oct. 7 trauma

Medical clowning benefits anyone who has undergone psychological trauma – especially the kind that has caused havoc among the survivors of October 7.

|ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

Little girl attacked by clown in southern Israel

Does the spur of clown-related crime have anything to do with the remake of "IT"?

OCTOBER 3, 2017ByYASSER OKBI/ MAARIV HASHAVUA, HAGAY HACOHEN
Clowns in Afula

Mysterious clowns give northern Israel town a fright

Clowns were sighted on street corners and in the town's forests.

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017ByJPOST.COM STAFF
Clowns in Afula