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Jul 27, 2025, 6:14 PM

When Unity Matters Most: A Reform Synagogue’s Embrace of IDF Veterans

What do you do when your 20 guests overstay their planned 8 day visit by another 10 days, with no certainty about when they will go home? What if this happened after you went to great expense, and dropped everything...

May 13, 2024, 4:31 PM

Make space for the pain, make space for the joy

Amir's art. (courtesy)

When Amir was killed in combat on October 7, his parents knew they had to celebrate their talented son and his zest for life

Apr 4, 2019, 2:23 PM

President Rivlin on IDF veterans and mental health

It is not every day that the president of Israel writes about your work on his Facebook page. When Dr. Danny Brom, founding director of Metiv | The Israel Psychotrauma Center, made Aliyah to Israel from Holland in the late...

Sep 12, 2015, 11:02 PM

Soccer on Shabbat: less ideology, more practicality

The issue of soccer and Shabbat in the Jewish state has been on the agenda recently, in the wake of a petition submitted by the Histadrut Labor Union on behalf of 240 players who do not want to play...

May 7, 2015, 4:31 PM

Mr. Herzog: Israel needs a fighting opposition

Times of Israel editor David Horovitz wrote earlier today 'The 61-strong coalition Netanyahu finalized 90 minutes before his time ran out on Wednesday night can be called many things. Narrow, fragile, and right-wing-Orthodox come readily to mind. “Stable” and...

Feb 15, 2015, 1:09 PM

Naftali, let’s talk dugri (straight)

I was really looking forward to hearing you speak. I have always enjoyed the benefit of having a circle of friends with vastly different opinions on the challenges facing Israel and the policies that Israel must adopt. Many of these...

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Chaim Landau is Director of Partnerships at Metiv | The Israel Psychotrauma Center and its Peace of Mind Program for IDF Combat Veterans. He lives in Jerusalem.

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