Heilige plaatsen. Elke religie heeft ze. Ook in de Bijbel komen ze voor. Wat betekent het als in de Bijbel sprake is van een heilige plaats? En wat betekent het in het bijzonder dat Jeruzalem ‘de heilige stad’ wordt genoemd? Is er na de komst van Jezus als ‘de heilige Gods’ (Luc. 4:34) bezien vanuit …

Our study shows a steady increase in dementia- and DHT-related publications, particularly in areas such as mobile health, virtual reality, artificial intelligence, and sensor-based technologies interventions. This increase underscores the importance of systematic approaches and interdisciplinary collaborations, …

Transforming our societies towards a more sustainable future requires a good understanding of their citizens. This is of particular importance when considering the phenomenon of population ageing, which means that older people will constitute a significant share of society. The imperative for sustainable …

The present study examined the reliability and validity of the Hebrew version of the Age-Friendly Cities and Communities Questionnaire (AFCCQ-IL). The present study was conducted in all four Israeli cities, acknowledged as age-friendly during the time of the study in June–July 2023, namely: Tel Aviv-Jaffa, …

Working as speech acts that delineate online communities, claims to victimhood tend to evoke contestation. Their inherent political nature spurs user engagement in the shape of clicks, shares, emojis, and so on. TikTok’s multimodality has given rise to new practices of engagement that significantly shape …

Short abstract: This paper brings a media theoretical perspective on mediatized wars. It argues that the affordances and use cultures of popular social media platforms turn wars into live media events, involving both people who are living under war and those joining in from a distance. Long abstract: …

This article describes a study of adult children’s forgiveness processes following severe childhood parental injury. Consistent with the phenomenological tradition of qualitative research in-depth interviews were conducted with forty-eight participants in the Netherlands, Romania, and Israel to capture …

The global agenda to move societies towards a more sustainable course of development also affects the lives of older people in our ageing populations. Therefore, it is important to understand the drivers, intentions and behaviours concerning sustainability among older adults. The aim of this study is …

Studenten zijn boos op universiteiten en hogescholen die zich niet onomwonden uitspreken tegen het Israëlisch geweld in Gaza en de Westoever. Lector Inclusive Education bij de Haagse Hogeschool Naomi van Stapele pleit voor een academische verkenning van standpunten, inclusief emoties.

In January 2020, Greece, the Republic of Cyprus and Israel signed an agreement to construct the EastMed pipeline, a 1900-kilometer undersea pipeline designed to transport gas from the offshore deposits in the Leviathan field of the southeastern Mediterranean to continental Europe. Designed as Project …