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American Veterans Archaeological Recovery co-founder Stephen Humphreys (right) at the Beth Shearim Excavation, August 2018. (courtesy)
September 7, 2018, 4:09 pm
US vets combat PTSD by sifting through the past at archaeological dig in Israel
American Veterans Archaeological Recovery sends demobilized servicemen to excavate historic Beit She’arim as gateway to healing
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Illustrative: Israeli soldiers watch a wheat field that caught fire next to kibbutz Nahal Oz along the Israel-Gaza border, May 14, 2018 (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
July 1, 2018, 10:51 am
IDF offers couples therapy to veterans grappling with PTSD
New program is based on Canadian research that finds social support can be strong predictor of recovery from trauma
By TOI staff
People walk to the information center at the Veterans Home of California in Yountville, California, on Friday March 9, 2018. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)
March 10, 2018, 10:56 am
California gunman who killed three in veteran center was ex-patient
Three women devoted to helping traumatized soldiers shot dead by Afghanistan war veteran; authorities say motive unclear
By Ellen Knickmeyer and Janie Har
Yedidah Koren
February 26, 2018, 12:10 pm
Yedidah Koren
The harem of violated women
A call to action from Ahasuerus’s palace to help those who now need to heal from sexual abuse, harassment, or rape
Anna Selman
October 22, 2017, 3:33 pm
Anna Selman
Giving vets with PTSD the Jewish treatment
If the Holocaust taught us anything, it’s that talking about trauma helps you heal
Sam Goodriche outside a cafe in Tel Aviv, Sept. 24, 2017. (Andrew Tobin)
October 7, 2017, 7:31 am
When battle-scarred Israelis go wild in India, this vet is there to help
Sam Goodriche’s Soul Talk aims to assist newly discharged soldiers in dealing with war traumas instead of trying to bury them
By Andrew Tobin
Marc Fein
September 20, 2017, 11:49 am
Marc Fein
Miles of color for those lost to suicide
Everyone deserves to walk out of the darkness and into a new day
Moshe Farchi, the founder and head of Stress, Trauma and Resilience Studies at Tel-Hai College, seen here in Tel Aviv, June 6, 2017. (AFP/JACK GUEZ)
July 18, 2017, 7:37 pm
Israeli ‘mental first-aid’ method lets laymen help attack victims
Researcher Moshe Farchi’s model aims to diminish sense of helplessness; was used by local services following Manchester concert bombing
By Jonah Mandel
Avi Gabbay at a press conference on July 11, 2017. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
July 11, 2017, 2:17 pm
Polls show Zionist Union, under new leadership, surge to second place
PA said preparing to cut welfare stipends to 80,000 families in Gaza; Qatar says it will keep aiding Hamas-ruled Gaza
By TOI staff
Talli Rosenbaum
May 12, 2017, 4:25 pm
Talli Rosenbaum
Post-traumatic sex disorder
Heal sexual dysfunction may begin with treating PTSD, especially in Israel, where trauma is part of the climate
Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan speaks during a conference, March 28, 2017. (Roy Alima/Flash90)
April 26, 2017, 7:26 pm
Minister insists PTSD-struck veteran be jailed for cannabis use
Rejecting appeal by fellow Likud MK over 7-month prison sentence, Gilad Erdan says defendant has a long criminal history
By Stuart Winer
Suzanna Eibuszyc
April 20, 2017, 1:25 pm
Suzanna Eibuszyc
Out of Warsaw, with tradition and trauma
How her mother clung to her identity as both a Jew and a Pole, despite losing faith in God and humanity
Deputy Defense Minister Eli Ben Dahan, left, and US Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin pose in the latter's Washington, DC, office on March 28, 2017. (Courtesy: Deputy Defense Minister Eli Ben Dahan)
March 30, 2017, 12:25 am
Israel, US agree to cooperate on army veteran issues
Deputy Defense Minister Eli Ben Dahan meets US Veteran Affairs Secretary David Shulkin to discuss collaboration on medical, tech issues
By Judah Ari Gross
David Friedman (left), the choice of President-elect Donald Trump to serve as ambassador to Israel, and German-Jewish philosopher Hannah Arendt (Bradley C Bower/Bloomberg News, via Getty Images/JTA; Public domain)
December 20, 2016, 3:14 pm
On David Friedman, the ‘kapo’ smear, and Jewish honor
As Trump’s pick for ambassador has demonstrated, some 60 years after the Jewish ‘collaborator’ trials in Israel, the term still packs a venomous punch
By Matt Lebovic
The three iterations of main character Esther in 'From Silence.' From left to right: Karen Lynn Gorney (grandmother Esther), Shannon Harrington (young Esther), Krystal Rowley (adult Esther). (Remy S./courtesy of production)
November 12, 2016, 7:21 pm
Keeping Holocaust skeletons in the closet protects no one, says playwright
New one-act play by Anne Marilyn Lucas speaks about lingering hereditary impacts of trauma — and why it’s best to talk about it
By Cathryn J. Prince
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