(JTA) — A New York man wants the Federal Communications Commission to choose a different three-digit number to reach the national suicide prevention hotline because the proposed number glorifies Hitler. The proposed number is 988. The digits 88 are often used by neo-Nazis to refer to the phrase “Heil Hitler.” H is the eighth letter…
A mere two days before Jeffrey Epstein was found dead by suicide he signed a will, according to documents from the Court of the Virgin Islands, the New York Times reported. Epstein’s dead body was discovered in his Metropolitan Correctional Center cell on August 10th amid a lawsuit accusing him of running a sex-trafficking ring…
(Plus61.net.au) South African teen Adam Seef’s tragic death by suicide while on an Israel tour program last month has devastated not only his family and friends, but the Jewish community worldwide, raising questions about the Jewish community’s addressing of mental health in its youth and LGBT+ members. Remembered as popular, funny, and a high achiever,…
Speaking from the floor of the House of Representatives, Rep. Susan Wild of Pennsylvania tearfully revealed on Tuesday night that her life partner had died by suicide the previous month, and urged people struggling with mental health issues to seek help. “Why am I sharing this very personal story? Because we all need to recognize…
The family of an American-born lone soldier in the Israel Defense Forces who recently died by suicide is using social media to piece together what happened, The Times of Israel reported. Michaela Levit, 19, was found dead on her base in central Israel last week. Her body was flown to South Florida, where her family…
I didn’t lay a hand on her — all I did was propose a suicide plan. My mother broke her hip this summer, and quickly went from being a remarkably mobile 86-year-old to facing a convalescence that began with a high degree of helplessness. During her first week of rehab, when she still needed two…
“join us in supporting mental health awareness…” It was a regular promotional email from Kate Spade. The on-brand greeting in all lower case letters and periods of ellipsis, would normally serve as a tactic to casually lure a viewer into buying something. But for once, this marketing email was not trying to sell me something;…
After the recent deaths of both Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain, the world took to Instagram to post information about the Suicide Prevention Lifeline. Other celebrities, like Ellen Degeneres, told the world via Twitter to help those who are struggling with depression. The mood as these tragedies unfolded in America must have traversed to Israel,…
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