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Transforming grief into collective healing

JL;DR SUMMARY Boaz Shalgi discusses the concept of rolling trauma in Jewish communities, highlighting how ongoing crises such as war, antisemitism, and political polarization contribute to prolonged grief that traditional models cannot fully address. 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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Jewish TraditionJewish CommunityZionismGriefPost Traumatic GrowthPeer SupportRitualsCollective HealingRolling Trauma

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Israel
"Boaz Shalgi, chief psychologist at Natal: Israel Trauma and Resilience Center, defines rolling trauma as continuous, cumulative exposure to traumatic events, which differs from traditional post-traumatic stress disorder caused by a singular event."
Los Angeles, California, United States
"I witnessed this firsthand when I produced FromSoil2Soul, a multimedia art installation and collective healing experience attended by 1,200 people just weeks after the devastating L.A. fires in 2025 at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles."

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