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It’s not just Israeli Jews who were displaced by the Hamas attack

By Dyonna Ginsburg and Tanyah Murkes (JTA) — When Solomon and his family were forced to flee their home in Sderot after the Hamas attack on Oct.7, they were directed by the Aid Organization for Refugees and Asylum Seekers in … Read More >

Israel November 29, 2023

In the West Bank, spiking violence and an idle economy spur fears of a broadening conflict

By Eliyahu Freedman DEIR ISTIYA, West Bank (JTA) —  The video, making the rounds in this northern West Bank Palestinian village, showed an Israeli settler firing a rifle in the air above a group of Palestinians harvesting olives in a … Read More >

Israel November 3, 2023

Israelis are going forward with their weddings despite war and loss in their own families

By Deborah Danan TEL AVIV (JTA) — Yonatan Perez was 10 days out from getting married when his world was torn apart. Perez was shot in a battle with Hamas terrorists on Oct. 7 when they invaded near the kibbutz … Read More >

Israel October 29, 2023

Act Now for Israel – and give to secure its future during a time of unprecedented crisis

By Andrew Adler Community Editor Confronting one of their gravest challenges in generations, Jews from Louisville and across the U.S. are responding the way they always have: by joining together as one people and declaring that evil will not stand. … Read More >

Federation Israel October 26, 2023

Partnership2Gether stands with Israel’s Western Galilee

By Andrew Adler Community Editor This past October 19, a video was posted on the Facebook page of Israel’s Galilee Medical Center. It showed physician and CEO Masad Barhoum, wearing a ballistic protective vest, telling how his hospital was serving a … Read More >

Federation Israel October 26, 2023

Israeli rabbis are issuing guidance about how to adjust Jewish law during wartime

By Jackie Hajdenberg (JTA) — On a normal Shabbat, Orthodox Israelis turn off radios, silence cell phones and — if they have one — lay down their gun. Saturday was not a normal Shabbat. A week into wartime, Israelis had … Read More >

Israel October 17, 2023

‘We failed,” Smotrich and other Israeli lawmakers concede as rage simmers over government’s handling of attack

By Philissa Cramer (JTA) — A handful of Israeli government officials — but not Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — have acknowledged and taken responsibility for the failures that contributed to the Hamas attack Oct. 7 that left more than 1,300 … Read More >

Israel October 16, 2023

Israel Solidarity in Louisville Gathering Brings Over 500 Together to Mourn, Pray and Act

Louisville’s Jewish community came together on Tuesday evening (Oct. 10) to mourn, share warm embraces, grieve and pray. On day four of the war in Israel, over 500 Louisvillians gathered at sunset in the parking lot of the Trager Family … Read More >

Community Federation Israel JCC Latest News National/Global October 11, 2023

Some hostages freed, death and hostage toll mounts as Hamas attack on Israel enters 2nd day

By JTA Staff This is a developing story. (JTA) — As dawn broke in Israel Sunday, the contours of the previous 24 hours of violence following a broad attack by Hamas were still coming into devastating focus. A notice from … Read More >

Israel Latest News October 8, 2023

Israelis dead, wounded as Hamas launches major attack; ‘We are at war,’ Netanyahu says

By JTA Staff (JTA) — Hundreds of Israelis are wounded and dozens [now at least 250] are dead after Hamas launched a surprise attack early Saturday, sending thousands of rockets into Israel and infiltrating border towns with ground fighters. Israelis … Read More >

Israel Latest News October 7, 2023

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