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These Medical Clowns Are Healing Israel

JL;DR SUMMARY Israeli medical clowns are providing crucial support in healing both physical and psychological traumas of soldiers and civilians impacted by recent conflicts, particularly since 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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IdfTraumaPtsdRehabilitationHealingTherapyHadassah Medical OrganizationMedical ClownsDavid Barashi

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Jerusalem, Israel
"Created as a paramedical field in the 1990s, medical clowning in Israel began at Hadassah Hospital Ein Kerem in 2002, initiated by Barashi with the help of Dream Doctors, a nonprofit that trains and integrates professional medical clowns into Israeli hospitals."
Rehovot, Central District, Israel
"Nine years ago, he brought this idea to clinical psychologist and PTSD expert Yoram Ben-Yehuda, formerly of HMO, who heads the IDF Home Front Rehabilitation Center in Rehovot, one of several centers that treat soldiers for PTSD and other complex reactions to battle."
Kibbutz Beeri, Southern District, Israel
"It took weeks for a 20-year-old infantrywoman, trapped in images of blood, burning and death from her eight hours in hell at Kibbutz Beeri on October 7, to open up to a medical clown and other therapists at the IDF rehab center, for example."

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