Emotional Resilience

From combat to recovery: What Israel owes its soldiers - opinion

More than half of the 20,000 soldiers wounded since the October 7 massacre are struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or other mental health challenges.

IDF soldiers prepare their weapons on a tank at a temporary army base opposite the Jabalya refugee camp in the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023.
People celebrate at Hostages Square, in Tel Aviv, Israel, October 9, 2025

Israel’s secret weapon is not technology, not money-but society

‘WE WANTED TO explore whether feelings like disappointment or anger toward technology can give way to forgiveness, allowing people to keep using it without resentment’

Can you forgive your computer, smartphone, or app when it breaks down?

Prof. Ben Corn, founder of The Institute for the Study of Hope, at a Hope Seminar

“Israel is Only at the Beginning of an Emotional Tsunami”


Israel’s northern border: Resilience and community-building - opinion

This spirit, not victimhood, that ensures the Jewish people will endure, rebuild, and thrive in their homeland – again and again

 Smoke billows over northern Israel after rockets were fired from Lebanon, amid ongoing cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, by Israel's border with Lebanon, May 17, 2024.

October 7 shattered our sense of safety but not our capacity for resilience - opinion

Resilience is not about snapping back to what was before but about taking pain and integrating it into a story that creates strength.

 View of the Re'im music festival massacre, in southern Israel, January 16, 2025.

25 ViZionaries: Noa Cochva - No. 19

Her advocacy has reached millions, inspiring others to speak up

Noa Cochva

Social media fuels anxiety and weakens resilience - opinion

Reliance on social media for news is associated with higher anxiety and lower perceptions of national resilience among Israelis.

 Facebook, TikTok, Twitter, YouTube and Instagram apps are seen on a smartphone in this illustration taken, July 13, 2021

The war isn’t over and the real battle has just begun - opinion

Since October 7, Israelis have lived with unrelenting trauma, and the country is in the midst of a mental health state of emergency.

VISITORS PONDER the scene of the Nova massacre. IDF soldier Daniel Edri burned himself alive after he told his mother that he could still smell and envision the dead bodies he had found on October 7 at the Nova site.

Sderot’s quiet revolution: Growth against all odds - opinion

From Rockets to Renewal: How Sderot’s Residents Are Returning Home, Growing the City, Investing in Industry and Education, and Defining Their Future Amid Ongoing Security Challenges.

Alon Davidi, Mayor of Sderot

Mental health is vital for Israeli national security - opinion

By 2024, patients with depression and anxiety accounted for a quarter of all visits to family doctors.

 People take shelter in an underground parking lot in Tel Aviv, during ongoing missile attacks from Iran, June 24, 2025.

Living in Israel's war two years on: Moving forward on the moral high road - comment

Looking back now, it’s hard to imagine life before October 7.

 An Israeli soldier with a prayer shawl seen during a morning prayer near his tank near the border with Lebanon, northern Israel, October 25, 2023

Healing through music: A personal journey into the Heart of the Nova concert

On October 7, everything changed. At the Heart of Nova concert, grief met resilience as we remembered, danced, and chose life in the face of unimaginable loss.

Thousands attend a Nova Tribe party in Tel Aviv in memory of the victims killed by Hamas at the Nova festival on October 7, and to call for the release of hostages still held in Gaza, August 14, 2025.

Parashat Shoftim: A king who rules over himself

A true leader is one who first and foremost rules over himself and his emotions. A person who can be overtaken by negative emotions cannot serve as a leader.

HORSES: NECESSARY or excessive?

How can we teach resilience in Israeli schools? – opinion

Schools play a crucial role in the early identification of emotional and behavioral difficulties and in offering meaningful emotional support.

THE WRITER addresses an EmotionAid workshop for education professionals in the North.