Emotional Resilience

Crisis, conflict, and the kindest generation - opinion

For six years, Israeli children have known about pandemic, war, and little else, but they have not allowed their tumultuous adolescence to define them.

 NATIONAL SERVICE volunteers at the ADI Negev-Nahalat Eran rehabilitation village shower a special education student with severe disabilities with affection, as though he were their own sibling.
 Architectural rendering of the Miriam and Moshe Shuster Building, designed by architect Erez Shani.

Building Resilience: TAU National Center for Trauma and Resilience

 CHILDREN PARTICIPATE in a Home Within the Heart session.

It starts with our children: Healing the deepest wounds of Israel's war - opinion

 VISITORS TO the site of the Nova music festival massacre stand as nationwide sirens sound on Remembrance Day last month. We’ve learned to live with pain and violence to the point our that emotions have dulled, the writer laments.

We are not okay — and it’s time to say it out loud - opinion


The game that may change the way parents communicate with their children

Two experts in their fields, Dr. Tal Aperman-Yitzhak and Shelly Porper-Rosen, created an innovative game that may change the way parents communicate with their children on complex topics.

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Confronting hate: How Jewish communities resist antisemitism in the US - opinion

Despite the statistics, despite the threats, I see people proudly wearing kippot. In airports, travelers pause to lay tefillin. The Jewish people have always endured, and they will again.

 A view of a US flag and an Israeli flag held up by people during a demonstration to show support for U.S. President Joe Biden, for not inviting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House, in front of the US Consulate in Tel Aviv, Israel, March 30, 2023.

Strategic philanthropy is crucial now - opinion

Our mission remains clear: to bolster Israel’s national resilience by ensuring that local systems from the North to the South have the support they need.

THE STRATEGIC active philanthropy model.

Staying resilient: Not letting the enemy enjoy our suffering - opinion

We have to stop cooperating with the enemy’s psychological warfare, full of deception and cruelty. Let’s remember, our suffering and deaths are their joy.

 Resilience: Illustrative image.

Rebuilding the North: Israel's blueprint for community resilience

A special Jerusalem Post broadcast event

 Israel's North: Looking Forward

Joy and suffering are not mutually exclusive - comment

Life must go on, not in spite of what happened, but precisely because of it. And the Jewish nation’s tenacity will prevail.

 PEOPLE SIT at tables outside of restaurants along Jaffa Road in Jerusalem.

Seeing green again: KKL-JNF faces a 30-40 year challenge of restoring forests damaged by Hezbollah

Since the outbreak of Swords of Iron War on October 7, 2023, vast areas of forests and open lands have been severely damaged, primarily due to fires caused by daily barrages of rockets and missiles.

 Smoke rises from a fire which broke out from missiles fired from Lebanon at a forest outside the northern Israeli city of Tzfat, September 24, 2024.

Injured IDF reservist's company raises over $100 million

Itamar Ben Hemo, injured during IDF reservist duty in January, credits Israelis' definitive resilience, hope, and extraordinary spirit as reasons for his success.

IDF soldiers operate in the Gaza Strip, December 25, 2024.

An Ode to Israel’s Heroes

"In this past year, my heroes are the resilient children forced from their homes by terrorists, the civilians who helped one another in times of need, and our courageous soldiers who defend us."

 Israelis mourn as Remembrance Day begins for Israel's fallen soldiers and victims of terror, at Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv, on May 12, 2024.

Bar Mitzvah joy to battlefield bravery: The resilience of wounded IDF soldiers

Day after day, the wounded soldiers summon the emotional strength and fortitude to undergo rehabilitation.

 AN IDF soldier wounded in the Gaza ground invasion is brought to a Jerusalem hospital, Dec. 29, 2023.

A guide to coping with individual and national loss on Remembrance Day - opinion

We have identified key strategies to cope with the specific Israeli experience of trauma and loss. These tools and techniques have helped thousands of individuals and communities to heal.

 THE WRITER meets with a group of bereaved teenagers.