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Let’s talk schools: our therapy dog is putting smiles on children’s faces

Mental health is as vital as physical health

By Hannah Martin

2 min read

Buddy the therapy dog (photo: Etz Chaim)

Jami Mental Health Shabbat (Photo:Jami/Jewish Care)

Next Shabbat, let’s start talking about our mental health

By Marcus Sperber

2 min read

The hostages returned under the new ceasefire deal will face 'complex emotional challenges' according to medical psychologist Vered Atzmon Meshulam (Picture: Vered Atzmon Meshulam)

Freed hostages will face ‘complex emotional challenges’ after family reunion, claims PTSD expert

1 min read

Faygle Train teaching volunteers how to plant protected cyclamen bulbs

Nature is helping to offer respite to a nation in trauma

By Jane Prinsley

4 min read

A suicide letter by a Nova festival survivor was revealed to be fake on Wednesday, eliciting criticism from the Nova community. (Photo by Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images)

Nova survivors ‘horrified’ by fake viral suicide letter

By Eliana Jordan

4 min read

Jami has produced a series of resources to help the community understand and manage their feelings since October 7 (Photo:Jami/Jewish Care)

Jami creates resources to address Jewish community’s ‘deep psychological challenge’ since October 7

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RE'IM, ISRAEL - DECEMBER 17: Atara, from London, hugs a friend and reacts while visiting a memorial for the first time since the Oct 7th attack on December 17, 2023 in Re'im, Israel. The memorial displayed photos of people killed or kidnapped during the Hamas attack on the Super Nova festival on October 7th. Many roads around the Gaza Envelope have reopened, which has allowed for more visitors, survivors, and residents to come back to the area and witness the results of Oct. 7. During the November ceasefire, hundreds of locals and tourists volunteered on fields around the kibbutzes that were most affected by the Hamas attack, however, since the ceasefire ended most volunteers, including Atara, have found themselves volunteering around the country, but not in the south. It has been more than two months since the Oct. 7 attacks by Hamas that prompted Israel's retaliatory air and ground campaign in the Gaza Strip. (Photo by Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images)

Meet the brain expert making October 7 survivors smile again

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Gila’s way to help prevent suicide in young people

Gila’s Way and Jami are providing the Jewish community with tools to prevent suicide among young people – and how to respond if it happens

By Jane Prinsley

4 min read

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July 25, 2024 09:34

Rabbi Shalom Hammer is raising awareness of suicide prevention through his organisation Gila's Way after his daughter Gila took her own life (Photo: Rabbi Shalom Hammer)

No phones at bedtime, says teenage mental health expert

JTeen CEO says that parents need to put stricter boundaries in place

By Rosa Doherty

3 min read

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July 12, 2024 13:06

Parents need to put firmer boundaries in place when it comes to their teenagers' mobile phone use (Photo: Getty Images)

Widely reported 50 Nova suicides story ‘not correct’ says Israeli psychologist

A psychologist working with festivalgoers has deep concerns about survivors’ mental health

By Jane Prinsley

4 min read

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April 25, 2024 15:30

More than 360 Nova festivalgoers were murdered by Hamas while at least 40 were taken hostage (Photo: Getty Images)

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By Daniel Carmel-Brown

This Pesach, one in four people at your Seder will be struggling with their mental health

Jewish Care, which has merged with Jami, is appealing to the community to support its vital services

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April 17, 2024 12:44

This Pesach, we need to think of those struggling with their mental health (Photo: Blake Ezra)

Former Labour MP Luciana Berger opens up about the tragic deaths of four of her close friends to suicide

Berger told guests at JAMH dinner:‘I’ve lost four people to suicide’ and mental health ‘stigma and discrimination’ is still a problem

By Rosa Doherty

2 min read

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April 15, 2024 15:16

Luciana Berger (left) is interviewed by Dr Sandi Mann, chair of JAMH (Photo: Jonny Wineberg)

The Jami CEO who took mental health care out of day centres and onto the high street

Laurie Rackind is leaving after 18 years at the charity

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January 18, 2024 11:55

Laurie Rackind, the outgoing CEO of Jami (Photo: Jami)

Counselling mag scraps article about Jewish trauma

British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy stood by its decision despite the writer’s accusations of ‘censorship’

By Eliana Jordan

2 min read

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January 3, 2024 12:34

Photo by DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Images

Religious people are happier and more optimistic than atheists, UK survey finds

Spirituality is beneficial to mental health, says the new Institute for the Impact of Faith in Life

By Simon Rocker

1 min read

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November 20, 2023 14:30

Religious people are happier and more optimistic than atheists, UK survey finds

Jewish Care announces merger with mental health charity Jami

The integration will maintain the Jami brand and will ensure services are secured for the future

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

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November 2, 2023 16:10

Directors of Jewish Care, by Blake Ezra Photography

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