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Rosh Hashana 2026: From Emergency to Responsibility
Every Rosh Hashana, I return to the same question: What does this moment ask of us? In 2024, less than…
What Happens Between Asking for Help and Actually Getting It?
On July 20, 2026, representatives of 32 organizations gathered for an ICAR Collective roundtable on mental health support in Arab…
Before Therapy: Nafas.ai Is Building a Different Entry Point into Mental Health for Arab Communities
Nafas.ai began with a moment of not knowing. Rabea Shamaly was working as an AI engineer after completing his studies…
PerspectivesRosh Hashana 2026: From Emergency to Responsibility
Every Rosh Hashana, I return to the same question: What does this moment ask of us? In 2024, less than a year after October 7, I wrote about grief, healing, and the need to allow joy to exist alongside sorrow. We were carrying wounds that were still very fresh, and much of the work was…
EventsWhat Happens Between Asking for Help and Actually Getting It?
On July 20, 2026, representatives of 32 organizations gathered for an ICAR Collective roundtable on mental health support in Arab society in Israel. Participants came from across the system: health funds, local authorities, schools, clinical practice, academia, civil society, community organizations, philanthropy, and social innovation, bringing different perspectives on where people encounter barriers to care.…
SpotlightBefore Therapy: Nafas.ai Is Building a Different Entry Point into Mental Health for Arab Communities
Nafas.ai began with a moment of not knowing. Rabea Shamaly was working as an AI engineer after completing his studies at the Technion when he woke up one morning unable to get out of bed. His body hurt, he was exhausted, and everything felt grey. At first, he assumed he had COVID. Only after the…
EventsWebinar – Resilience in Motion
What if one of the most important resources for healing is something we carry with us all the time? That question was at the heart of ICAR Collective’s recent webinar, “Resilience in Motion: Movement-Based Pathways to Regulation, Connection and Care,” which brought together practitioners working in sports psychology, trauma-sensitive yoga, therapeutic surfing and dance. On…
EventsSeven Ventures, One Constraint: What The Haifa Demo Day Revealed
On July 6, 2026, more than 300 researchers, clinicians, entrepreneurs, investors, and health system staff gathered at the University of Haifa for the Haifa Mental Health Innovation Summit. The day closed with Demo Day: seven ventures, each building on real research and clinical experience, pitching live to a jury of investors, clinicians, and innovation leaders.…
SpotlightRunning Toward Each Other: How Ritza Lanefesh Is Turning Movement into a Language of Healing
That spontaneous act that Goodman called “running therapy” became Ritza Lanefesh, “Running for the Soul,” a community-based initiative operating under Keren Tani, the nonprofit founded in memory of Goodman’s brother, Netanel “Tani” Goodman. Tani was killed in a tragic accident in 2002, at age 17. After his death, his family created Keren Tani around the values that had animated his life: volunteering, sport, and community
PerspectivesWhen Innovation Meets Trauma: Reflections from Leumit’s Research and Innovation Conference
It was in the examples of AI being used to turn messy, fragmented clinical information into usable research data. It was in the presentation on home diagnostics and the promise of bringing care closer to patients. And it was most clearly present in the discussions on stress, trauma, mental health, and long-term health.
PerspectivesHarm Reduction in a Changed World: Meeting People Where They Are
The deeper message of the morning was that harm reduction is not separate from healing. It is often the first condition that makes healing possible. People cannot process trauma if they do not survive the weekend. They cannot return to therapy if shame keeps them away. They cannot rebuild trust if every system they encounter begins with suspicion.
SpotlightSpotlight on CMBM Israel: Helping the Helpers Build Sustainable Resilience
CMBM Israel trains professionals and helpers in mind-body skills, including tools that support self-regulation, emotional awareness, and resilience.
PerspectivesWhat Teenagers from the North Need Adults to Understand
The purpose of the gathering was simple, but in many ways radical: not to speak about youth, not to design another program for them, but to ask them directly what they are living through and what they wish the adults around them understood.
PerspectivesCommunity, Belonging, and Resilience: Insights from the Roundtables on Trauma in Local Authorities
local trauma response must be built in routine, not invented in an emergency.
SpotlightSpotlight on IGY’s Work After October 7: Building Belonging When Young People Need It Most
IGY began from a simple but urgent need: LGBTQ youth needed a place where they could gather, speak honestly, and be supported. More than two decades later, the organization has grown into a national youth and young-adult movement, but the original gap remains evident in its work.
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