Caring for the soldier behind the uniform
Behind every Haredi soldier stands a whole story: the weight of service, and the personal, family, and community price it can carry. October 7 and the war that followed exposed deep wounds. Soldiers who evacuated the wounded and the fallen, who came under fire, who lost their closest friends, come home carrying trauma that does not show: sleepless nights, constant alertness. In the Haredi community, the stigma around mental health can double the isolation. The Hosen Division, named for the Hebrew word for strength and resilience, exists so that no soldier carries it alone.
We accompany, we do not refer and forget.
What sets our work apart is continuity. Some of the men we care for have been with us for two, three, or four years. When a soldier is wounded and faces long rehabilitation, his therapist comes to him in the hospital. When a veteran struggles with civilian life after discharge, we are still there.
Therapists who know the Haredi world from the inside.
Our therapists understand what it means to come from a Haredi home and enlist, what distance from the community costs, and how to bring Torah and Jewish sources into the healing. That trust is why soldiers turn to us when they will turn to no one else.
The year behind us.
This year we accompanied 670 soldiers, reservists, and veterans. Men who arrived falling apart are today functioning, studying, working, and building families. The need still outpaces our resources, and referrals are waiting.
Help us reach the next soldier. Contact us to learn how you can stand behind the soldiers who carry these wounds.