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Why Are Israelis Happy?
(Times of Israel) Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig - Israel has been fighting a brutal war for over a year and a half - after a horrendous massacre of its citizens - and then we read: among all the world's nations, Israel ranks 8th from the top in happiness. One element in this is that we have each other's back. Israeli HMOs periodically call their elderly members to see how they're doing. The country has a huge number of voluntary philanthropic organizations. Ordinary citizens come to the aid of people being attacked. Oct. 7, 2023 was the most recent case, with Israeli citizens going toward the Gaza envelope that morning to fight Hamas terrorists. The writer, who taught at Bar-Ilan University (1977-2017), presently serves as Academic Head of the Communications Department at the Peres Academic Center (Rehovot).