Tag: Disengagement
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Refers to the Israeli Disengagement from the Gaza Strip and four northern Samaria settlements (August 2005). Dr. Guedalia worked with Gush Katif families through the trauma of forced relocation and its aftermath, and a number of these essays are clinical reflections from that period.
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Confusing and Converting Symptoms
I had already received four different phone messages referring this child for assessment. The parents, the Talmud Torah Rebbe, and the Rav they consulted. The forth call was from…
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He is nineteen years old
Excitement and Joy are meted out here like single M&Ms. Saturday night the country was thrown in to ecstasy (not the pills that were just smuggled into the country by a former…
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Mental health and religion in Israel's ultra-Orthodox Jews
Sharmila Devi Psychological after-effects of the recent evacuation of the Gaza strip are starting to show in both soldiers and settlers. But, says Sharmila Devi, mental-health…
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Orange is Hot and Blue is Calming? Living in Israel During Colorful Times.
I am in a conundrum. Torn between parts of myself. In Jerusalem right now, as in many areas of the country, cars are ‘festooned' in blue or orange strips of cloth. Orange is for…