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PTSD expert helps people create meaning after painful experiences

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi March 24, 2026March 24, 2026

Having grown up in the shadow of the Holocaust, Susan Hirshfield had a gnawing question she wanted to answer once she got to college: How could a civilian population fail […]

It may look like a typical photo from a group trip, but the circumstances were anything but. Members of the 2025 Ilene Serlin Trauma Mission to Israel included Bay Area participants Deborah Boyar (back, fourth from left), Jeff Saperstein (back, third from right) and BatSheva Feld (back, second from right). AJMA CEO Michelle Stravitz is seated at the right.
(Courtesy Deborah Boyar)
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Local man helped lead ‘trauma mission’ to Israel in wife’s memory — amid Iran war

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Rick Doblin is a leading advocate for the use of MDMA in psychotherapy. A clinical trial he championed produced favorable results this year. (Photo/JTA-Ben Harris; Illustration/JTA-Grace Yagel)
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