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Bar-Ilan’s Sunflower Center offers a model for how institutions can help Israel heal

JL;DR SUMMARY Bar-Ilan University's Sunflower Center is offering a framework for resilience and recovery after the trauma experienced by Israel, especially following the events of October 7, 2023. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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ResilienceJewish ValuesBar Ilan UniversityTrauma RecoveryCrisis ResponseCommunity CareSunflower CenterAi Based SupportTrauma Awareness

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Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"Since Oct. 7, 2023, more than 10,000 Israelis have suffered life-altering physical and emotional injuries. Bar-Ilan University students, faculty, staff and their families have lost homes, loved ones, limbs and independence."
Givat Shmuel, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"The Sunflower Center aims to weave resilience into the very fabric of university life and to extend that strength outward into Israeli society."

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