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Metiv: Herzog Israel Center for the Treatment of Psychotrauma is a world-renowned innovator in the research and treatment of the wide-ranging effects of trauma. Metiv focuses on a wide spectrum of trauma, ranging from terrorist attacks to bereavement to violence of all kinds, including partner violence. As an affiliate of Jerusalem’s Herzog Hospital Latner Institute, METIV draws on a history of 115 years, from the days when the historic hospital supported women suffering from peripartum depression and the veterans of two world wars. Thanks in part to the work of Metiv, there is a burgeoning awareness in Israel of the communal and personal effect of trauma. Fully aware that the advantages of an emotionally resilient society have an enormous impact on how its members cope with trauma, when the second intifada broke out in 2001, Metiv established the Israel Trauma Coalition, which is now an independent organization. With Metiv at the lead, and with seed funding from the UJA-Federation of New York, seven trauma service providers joined the coalition. Metiv has set up early childhood intervention programs, school programs, and trauma services. Included among them was the National School Resilience Project, in coordination with the Israel Ministry of Education. Through this project, Metiv provided resilience-building training for over 5,000 educators and has developed a protocol, screening tools, and treatment programs for nearly 50,000 children. In an evaluation we conducted with the Center for Disease Control (CDC) in Atlanta in 2011-2012 to examine the effectiveness of this joint intervention we found that working with educators successfully reduces post-traumatic distress in their students. Since Turkey’s disastrous earthquake in 1999, Metiv has also developed a reputation for responding to both natural and man-made disasters worldwide, training first responders and mental health professionals in Haiti, Chechnya, Mississippi, Sri Lanka, Nepal, and post-9/11 New York