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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
Queen Esther, as painted by Edwin Long. (Zereshk, Wikimedia Commons)
February 26, 2018, 12:10 pm
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
By Yedidah Koren
October 22, 2017, 3:33 pm
Giving vets with PTSD the Jewish treatment
If the Holocaust taught us anything, it's that talking about trauma helps you heal
By Anna Selman
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
September 20, 2017, 11:49 am
Miles of color for those lost to suicide
Everyone deserves to walk out of the darkness and into a new day
By Marc Fein
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
May 12, 2017, 4:25 pm
Post-traumatic sex disorder
Heal sexual dysfunction may begin with treating PTSD, especially in Israel, where trauma is part of the climate
By Talli Rosenbaum
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
April 20, 2017, 1:25 pm
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
By Suzanna Eibuszyc
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
Heroes to Heroes women's trip participants at Latrun Tank Museum, August 2016 (Courtesy)
November 1, 2016, 11:06 am
Traumatized US vets find psychic healing in the Holy Land
Matching former IDF combat soldiers to US counterparts, Heroes to Heroes initiative has its first trip for American women suffering from PTSD as a result of their service
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Author Helen Maryles Shankman brings X-Men sensibilities to Holocaust horrors in Wlodawa, Poland. (courtesy)
May 27, 2016, 5:31 pm
Raised with miracle of parents’ survival, author writes magical Holocaust tales
With the X-Men and vampires as her influences, Helen Maryles Shankman brings 'fabulist' realism to Wlodawa, Poland
By Matt Lebovic
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