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Study: After 3 years of war, reservists face financial strain and stalled careers
IDF reserve soldiers take part in a surprise military drill in northern Israel along the border with Lebanon and Syria, November 24, 2025. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)
By Sharon Wrobel
Survey finds 70% of reservists have put off or abandoned career moves due to prolonged service, and only about a quarter say state assistance met their needs
A man and a woman draped in an Israeli flag watch the release by the Hamas terror group of hostages Ofer Calderon and Yarden Bibas in the Gaza Strip, on a screen at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, on February 1, 2025. (Photo by Jack GUEZ / AFP)
October 11, 2026, 3:20 pm
One in five Israelis ‘still struggling to function’ since Oct. 7 – new study
Study finds women have higher levels of severe impairment in daily functioning due to their mental health, with 32% of women, 18 to 35, reporting significant distress
By Diana Bletter
IDF Lotar unit soldiers crying on October 10, 2023, at the sight of the Kibbutz Kfar Aza home that still had challah from the family's Shabbat eve meal on the table when it was attacked by Hamas terrorists on October 7. (Courtesy Ziv Koren/Polaris)
October 6, 2026, 12:43 pm
Nearly 1 million Israelis called mental health hotline over three years of war
ERAN service says it handled 21,829 calls involving suicidality since October 7, 2023; such calls from teenagers and young adults nearly doubled; loneliness also surging
By Diana Bletter
Children arrive for their first day of school at Gamla School in the northern town of Katzrin, on September 1, 2026. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)
October 4, 2026, 11:43 pm
After three years of war, Israeli kids bear the brunt of still-rising mental toll
Clalit Health Services finds psychiatric emergency visits among children and adolescents rose 121.3% last year; PTSD diagnoses across population doubled after October 7 and continue to rise
By Diana Bletter
Jason Eaton watches as Hisham Awartani arrives to testify in Eaton’s trial in Burlington, Vt., September 14, 2026. (Glenn Russell/Pool photo via AP)
September 15, 2026, 3:03 am
Vermont man on trial for shooting 3 Palestinian students claims CIA, Mossad told him to
Claims are at heart of insanity defense, as trial commences for attempted murder of 3 men who grew up and became friends as schoolmates in Ramallah before moving to US for college
By AP
Winners of the 2026 ERC starting grants, from left to right, top row: Dr. Sharon Fleischer, Tel Aviv University, Dr. Leeat Keren, the Weizmann Institute of Science, Dr. Reuma Gadassi-Polack, Bar-Ilan University, Dr. Hagai Maron, the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Dr. Nir Hananya, the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology; bottom row, from left to right: Dr. Ran Finkelstein, Tel Aviv University, Dr Amit Vinograd, Tel Aviv University, Dr. Michael Chapman, Tel Aviv University, Dr. Or Zamir, Tel Aviv University, Dr. Arnold Filtser, Bar-Ilan University, Prof. Dean Doron of the Institute for the Theory of Computing in the Stein Faculty of Computer and Information Science at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. (Photo of Keren, courtesy/Itai Belson; photo of Vinograd, courtesy/Yael Tzur; photo of Filtser, courtesy/Gabe Gomez; all other photos, courtesy)
September 3, 2026, 2:35 pm
Eleven Israeli researchers awarded prestigious EU starting grants
Tel Aviv University, Bar-Ilan University, Weizmann Institute, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and Technion scholars to receive over $18 million in total European Research Council funds
By Diana Bletter
New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez speaks during a rally to protect kids online on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
August 8, 2026, 10:55 am
New Mexico court orders Meta to pay $567 million, overhaul child safety measures
Ruling brings company’s total liability in case to $942 million; judge orders changes to addictive features, age verification and protections against child sexual exploitation
By Jeffrey Collins
Illustrative: An anti-Israel protest in Times Square, New York City, January 6, 2025. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
July 7, 2026, 8:24 pm
US training program aims to address concerns of antisemitism in psychology field
2 academics from Harvard and Fordham University to lead initiative aimed at improving care for Jewish patients, amid widespread accusations of prejudice in mental health care
By Luke Tress
People shop at the Mahane Yehuda Market in Jerusalem on April 15, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 17, 2026, 10:20 am
A week into Iran ceasefire, Israelis try to snap back as expected, but fear return to war
Sent back to work as usual after weeks in bomb shelters, locals see their resilience tested amid questions about the conflict’s success and a seemingly inevitable resumption of hostilities
By Deborah Danan
Illustrative: Rescue teams help shocked residents in a targeted residential neighborhood in the southern city of Ashkelon on May 11, 2021, after rockets were fired by Hamas from the Gaza Strip. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)
March 31, 2026, 2:19 pm
Chatbot aims to help rescuers defuse acute anxiety, right after traumatic events
Ben-Gurion University team hopes free trilingual AI application will be adopted widely in Israel, Diaspora, and Arabian Gulf
By Sue Surkes
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March 19, 2026, 12:08 am
Don’t pass over them this Pesach
Ensure Israel’s most vulnerable can celebrate the holiday with dignity and joy. Join the Jaffa Institute’s Pesach food package drive.
By Aviva Barazani
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March 17, 2026, 10:30 pm
Don’t pass over them this Pesach
Ensure Israel’s most vulnerable can celebrate the holiday with dignity and joy. Join the Jaffa Institute’s Pesach food package drive.
By Aviva Barazani
Illustrative: A man struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder (LightField Studios/Shutterstock.com)
March 10, 2026, 10:28 am
Traumatized nation: Organizations step into breach left by overwhelmed mental health system
Post-October 7 initiatives sprang up like mushrooms after the rain. Now, not-for-profits are building coalitions, mapping who is providing what to whom, and developing standards
By Sue Surkes
Israelis take cover in a public shelter in Tel Aviv as a siren sounds warning of incoming ballistic missiles fired from Iran toward Israel, on February 28, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
March 6, 2026, 3:42 pm
With Israelis under fire, a rabbi offers guidance where Jewish law meets mental health
Rabbi Yoni Rosensweig says that for observant Jews, it can be challenging to observe laws like Shabbat while dealing with the anxiety and stress of missiles flying overhead
By Rossella Tercatin
People visit the site of the Supernova music festival massacre in Re'im, January 14, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
January 26, 2026, 5:33 pm
A nation under strain: Official data tracks rise of depression, stress in year after Oct 7
Government statistics highlight worsening mental health, declining trust and rising emigration among general population in months after Hamas’s attack
By Stav Levaton
A patient's room inside the psychiatric hospital in Kfar Shaul, Jerusalem, July 31, 2012 (Noam Moskowitz/Flash90)
December 31, 2025, 11:02 am
Almost 1 in 3 Israelis say they need professional mental health support – survey
After two years of war, 39% of IDF personnel report needing support for mental health issues, 26% are concerned about depression, 48% have difficulty sleeping
By Diana Bletter
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