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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.
SpotlightBuilding Trust Before a Teen Becomes a File
When Shimon Siani, CEO of Yedidim, speaks of the work he does, he does not begin with a program name. He begins with a pattern he has seen repeatedly over more than three decades: children and teenagers in distress often need help long before formal systems know how to reach them. Yedidim, formally Yedidim for Youth and Society, is a national Israeli nonprofit founded in 1991 that works with children and youth in situations of distress and risk. Public information from the organization…
SpotlightSpotlight: Otef Lev – Turning Mental Health Support into Something People Can Actually Do
The result is not only support for those receiving help, but also the creation of a new layer of capacity within the system.
PerspectivesPTSD Rehabilitation Among Veterans: What Systems Get Right, and What They Miss
This framing implies that recovery cannot be reduced to symptom remission alone, but must include functional reintegration, social participation, and continuity of life over time.
EventsICAR Summit 2026 – Full Report
If last year was about recognizing urgency, this year was about clarity. We now understand the problem better. We know where the system breaks. We see what needs to be built. The challenge is no longer conceptual. It is operational.
EventsWhen Trauma Fuels Addiction: The War Will End but The Habit May Stay
Today’s webinar made one thing clear – trauma and addiction can no longer be treated as separate issues. Professor Eyal Fruchter and Professor Shauli Lev-Ran laid out a reality that is both painful and urgent.
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