In a country where sirens, explosions, and shouting once filled the air, music has slowly returned. Not the loud kind of music that demands attention, but the quiet kind that sneaks back into life — a child humming before bed, a neighbor strumming guitar in a shelter, soldiers singing softly on a bus.
After October 7, silence became heavy in Israel. Music became one of the few things capable of lifting it.
Mental Health First Aid Israel calls this process songs of survival — the use of rhythm, melody, and shared sound to restore emotional regulation, community connection, and collective resilience.
It is not about creating masterpieces. It's about touching life again — literally — through sound.
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