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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…
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.
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 โ 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
Todayโs 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.
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.
PerspectivesPessach 2026: That Big Space in Between
We are entering this holiday of Pessach in what people have started to call an โemergency routine.โ It is an oxymoron, but a very accurate one.
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.
EventsLessons from the Field: Supporting Communities Through Evacuation and Recovery
The webinar today (Mar 17, 2026) brought together practitioners and local leaders with direct experience supporting evacuated communities and residents affected by trauma, displacement, and prolonged emergency.
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.
EventsThe Long Game: Mental Health NGOs and Israelโs Public Systems
In a webinar moderated by Maya Lusky, Strategy and Research Manager at ICAR Collective, three practitioners, Liat Eilam, VP of Partnerships and Activities at 121 โ Engine for Social Change; Michal Yarom, Deputy CEO at Sheatufim; and Jonny Cline, social impact strategist, nonprofit executive, and advisor, offered a grounded look at what it actually means to work with public institutions in Israel. Not in theory. In practice: ministries, municipalities, HMOs, and all the friction that comes with t
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.
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