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By Andrew Adler Community Editor This past fall, to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the October 7, 2023, Hamas attacks on Israel, we planted 18 new trees in the front lawn of the Trager Family JCC’s Jewish Heritage Fund Campus. … Read More
Federations grateful for hostages’ release, return of Shiri Bibas to Israel Following a week that has delivered great tragedy to our community, Jewish Federations are thankful for the release of the six hostages who were freed from the … Read More
Federations mourn the loss of Shiri Bibas, Ariel Bibas, Kfir Bibas, and Oded Lifshitz Today, the hearts of the Jewish community are once again broken. For over 500 days, we have prayed for the safe return of every single hostage … Read More
By Deborah Danan (JTA) — Some of the mourners clutched Israeli flags. Others held orange balloons. On Thursday, hundreds of Israelis stood across the road from the Abu Kabir Forensic Institute in Tel Aviv, the sky shifting between rain and … Read More
By Ben Sales (JTA) — This is a developing story. A Hamas official has announced that the terror group will return the bodies of four Israeli hostages on Thursday, among them the Bibas family. Hamas is also due to release … Read More
By Ben Sales (JTA) — Israeli Diaspora Minister Amichai Chikli told a gathering of American Jewish leaders on Sunday that he will vote against future stages of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal. Israel is currently negotiating the second stage of the … Read More
By Ben Sales (JTA) — Three Israeli hostages were released from captivity in Gaza Saturday, including Sagui Dekel-Chen, an American citizen. Dekel-Chen was freed along with Yair Horn, an Argentine-Israeli, and Sasha Trufanov, a Russian-Israeli. All three were abducted from … Read More
By Philissa Cramer (JTA) — The oldest hostage in Gaza is not alive, Israeli authorities announced on Tuesday. Shlomo Mantzur was killed 16 months ago, during Hamas’ attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, and his body was taken to … Read More
By Ben Sales They had been killed in Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack, on the day Sharabi had been taken captive. He reportedly learned the news from relatives who greeted him when he first returned home, nearly 500 days later. … Read More
By Philissa Cramer (JTA) — An American Israeli and a high-profile young father are among the latest hostages set to be freed from Gaza, in what will be the fourth release during the current Israel-Hamas ceasefire. Keith Siegel, Yarden Bibas … Read More
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