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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…
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 theโฆ
SpotlightRunning Toward Each Other: How Ritza Lanefesh Is Turning Movement into a Language of Healing
That spontaneous act that Goodman called โrunning therapyโ became Ritza Lanefesh, โRunning for the Soul,โ a community-based initiative operating under Keren Tani, the nonprofit founded in memory of Goodmanโs brother, Netanel โTaniโ 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
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.
SpotlightSpotlight on IGYโs 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 โ 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.
SpotlightSpotlight on AMCHA: Decades of Trauma Wisdom for a Country in Pain
In Israel, AMCHA is still best known for one thing: its long and profound commitment to Holocaust survivors. That remains the heart of the organization. But today, AMCHA is also something more.
SpotlightSpotlight on the ATTUNE Project: A Collective Approach to Healing Collective Trauma
Led by Thomas Hรผbl, one of the leading thinkers and practitioners in the field of collective trauma, ATTUNE brings a trauma-informed architecture to Israeli society, one that recognizes that many of todayโs challenges cannot be addressed at the level of the individual alone.
SpotlightSpotlight on Maslan (ืืกืืดื) โ The Negevโs Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Support Center
Maslan (ืืกืืดื) is one of Israelโs nine sexual assault crisis centers, and it carries a uniquely vast mandate: supporting survivors across the entire Negev region. In practice, that means responding to people spread across long distances, with fewer nearby services, fewer available therapists, and far fewer โbackup optionsโ when someone needs help urgently.
SpotlightSpotlight on Northern Goals Association (Yeadim Latzafon) – Opportunity, resilience, and the future of Israelโs North
Northern Goals Association (ืืขืืื ืืฆืคืื) has been working in Israelโs northern periphery for more than two decades, with a consistent focus on expanding opportunity for people living far from the countryโs political, economic, and institutional centers.
SpotlightSpotlight on the Niv Nirel Center: Healing Trauma with Structure, Insight, and Heart
The Niv Nirel Center was founded in memory of Niv Raviv and Nirel Zini, who were murdered in Kibbutz Kfar Aza on Oct. 7. It offers professional trauma care for those who suffer from combat or general army service trauma, including members of Israelโs security forces and their families. Rather than treating trauma as a clinical issue alone, the center builds care around the reality that trauma touches every part of life: the body, the home, the community, and the bureaucracy survivors face.
SpotlightBalancing Two Worlds: Shimon Eliavโs Journey as an Analyst and Reservist
Balancing duty & resilience, Shimon Eliav (one of ICAR's analysts) navigates work and IDF war, sharing his profound experience.
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