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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
Family and friends attend the funeral of reservist soldier Roi Wasserstein, who took his own life after 300 days of reserve duty, at the cemetery in Netanya, August 1, 2025. (Tal Gal/Flash90)
December 30, 2025, 8:27 pm
IDF to enact new guidelines for recognizing suicides linked to military service
Defense Ministry will decide on a case-by-case basis whether circumstances of a suicide are linked to trauma from military service, and will increase support for victims’ families
By Stav Levaton
Israeli soldiers evacuate a person who was injured by a missile fired from Lebanon, near the Israel-Lebanon border on October 22, 2024. (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)
December 8, 2025, 10:30 am
Over half of soldiers treated in rehab centers have mental health issues, stats show
Defense Ministry says 22,000 wounded soldiers treated since Oct. 7, 2023, some 58% of whom are contending with PTSD or other mental health disorders
By Emanuel Fabian
Religious Zionism MK Michal Woldiger, speaking at the Knesset. (Courtesy)
November 21, 2025, 9:00 am
From key Knesset post, Religious Zionism’s Woldiger champions healing for war-traumatized
Welfare committee head pushes for better care for Oct. 7 victims, troops and more – but needs support of Haredi parties whose anti-service demands make life harder for those she seeks to help
By Ariela Karmel
IDF forces operate in the Gaza Strip in this October 9, 2025, handout image. (IDF)
October 28, 2025, 5:08 pm
279 IDF soldiers attempted suicide since start of 2024, Knesset report finds
Combat soldiers made up 78% of all suicide cases in Israel in 2024, a sharp rise from 2017-22, when the rate hovered between 42% and 45%
By Stav Levaton
In this April 18, 2017, file photo, a woman with Type 2 diabetes prepares to inject herself with insulin at her home in Las Vegas. (AP/John Locher)
October 26, 2025, 2:07 pm
Type 2 diabetes patients more likely to develop schizophrenia, Israeli researchers find
In first study of its kind, scientists in Haifa and New York use health organization data to show that adult-onset diabetes sufferers have a 50% higher risk of schizophrenia late in life
By Diana Bletter
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