Mental Health

Gaza war drives young Israelis toward deeper faith and spirituality, study finds

According to the study, roughly one in four university students became more religious, while one in three described themselves as more spiritual.

Religious Jews gather on the eve of Tisha B'Av at a synagogue in Tel Aviv, August 12, 2024
TOWERING RED ROCK formations in the Garden of the Gods stand majestically against the backdrop of Colorado Springs’ peaks.

Guardians of Colorado: How land and river teach us to heal

THE WRITER with her beloved husband.

Lessons from ‘shiva’: A tribute to my very special editor

 The Nova Massacre Scene

Acute trauma can cause OCD symptoms, Israeli study on Oct. 7 survivors reveals


The Time Diet: Lose weight without counting calories and without guilt

“I don’t have time” is the common excuse that keeps us from taking care of ourselves. Anat Inbar’s Time Diet offers a mindful approach that reconnects us to the present moment.

If we decide that “tomorrow we start a diet,” it’s likely that today we will already eat too much – because we think that tomorrow it will be over

Healing After War: Hadassah’s Comprehensive Path to Rehabilitation and Recovery

In this episode, host Maayan Hoffman discusses with Dr. Elior Moreh the incredible work being carried out at Hadassah's Gandel Rehabilitation Center.

Rehab Reimagined

We must tread softly among a torn and beautiful people - opinion

I think of Esther now, and of so many like her. Survivors, parents, grandparents, people carrying wounds that most of us could not survive, and yet they endure, they bless, they celebrate, they love.

 Pictures of the participants of the Nova party who were murdered and kidnapped by the terrorist organization Hamas on October 7, 2023 are displayed at the site of the Nova music festival massacre, in Re'im, near the Israeli-Gaza border, November 28, 2023

Olympic Committee of Israel and ‘Ze BeNafshi’ team up

The event, held at the Olympic House in Tel Aviv, was designed to raise awareness of mental health challenges, break down stigma, and provide a meaningful and empowering experience.

OCI EXECUTIVES, athletes and Ze BeNafshi members pose during their joint event over the weekend.

Health Ministry's solutions for IDF mental health are inadequate, endanger soldiers - opinion

How can we deal with suicide if someone who turns to community mental health care has to wait months and even longer, only to receive a response that is sometimes minimal?

 An IDF soldier walks near the Israel-Gaza border, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in southern Israel, December 31, 2023.

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.

World Suicide Prevention Day: Each one of us can protect those close to us - opinion

Human connection is at the heart of prevention. Better an intervention that is too early than a missed opportunity that is too late.

A depressed woman

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.

Baobab Studio - art as a healing space

A groundbreaking Israeli social initiative that combines art and wood carving with community and psychological support.

Artist Sasha Galitsky

Grapevine: Sharing is caring

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 STUDENTS study in the Beit Midrash of the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem.

Adaptation and time: How we were adapting in the past, prior to October 7

Living according to an attitude of no choice has been a choice made by Jews and Israelis throughout our history. It has been part of our lives and an important means of adapting before October 7.

 The aftermath of Hamas's Nova music festival massacre in Re'im, southern Israel, on October 7, 2023. Picture taken November 2, 2023