Disabled Israeli Kids Get Help in Negev

Massage eases anxiety, but no better than simple relaxation does ( Group Health Cooperative Center for Health Studies ) A randomized trial shows three months after 10 massages, Group Health patients’ anxiety symptoms were halved — an improvement like that previously reported with psychotherapy, medications, or both. But the trial, in Depression and Anxiety, also [...]

The Israeli Third Sector: Between Welfare State and Civil Society

Product DescriptionThe Nonprofit Sector in Israel has recently come into prominence because of its multiple societal functions, which include its central role in the development and maintenance of Israel’s Welfare State and its contribution to the building of its civil society. Both of these have major social, economic and political implications, and impact the building [...]