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Israelis navigate normal life amid danger and anxiety
(JTA) As she read the news about a looming attack from Iran and its proxies, Adi Tamir faced a series of dilemmas: Should she go ahead with her weekend vacation...
Thousands crowd Tel Aviv park for first Nova concert since Oct. 7 massacre
(JTA) Almost nine months after Hamas terrorists stormed the Nova music festival, killing more than 360 revelers and abducting 40 others to Gaza, tens of thousands of people gathered in...
Independence Day festivities overshadowed by war
(JTA) While crowds still gathered to commemorate Israel’s 76th Independence day, an unmistakable pall hung over this year’s celebrations, overshadowed by the lingering effects of the devastating Oct. 7 Hamas...
Urgency of remembrance stressed during March of the Living
(JTA) Bellha Haim, who was born in 1938 and fled the Nazis with her family, swore she would never step foot again in Poland. Then, on Oct. 7, Hamas invaded...
Holocaust survivors share their Oct. 7 experiences
(JTA) Eighty-four years after Dov Golebowicz fled Poland with his family days before Germany invaded, the Holocaust survivor found himself facing an invasion once again when Hamas terrorists stormed his...
Birthright is resuming its free trips to Israel for the first time since Oct. 7
(JTA) Birthright Israel on December 18 announced that it would resume its free, 10-day educational trips to Israel in January after suspending them amid the ongoing war with Hamas. Around...
Philanthropist Sylvan Adams gives $100M to help Ben-Gurion U after Oct. 7
(JTA) Canadian-Israeli businessman Sylvan Adams has donated $100 million to Ben-Gurion University as part of an effort to rebuild the south following the devastating Hamas attacks on Oct. 7, university...
Yad Vashem has turned itself into a school for children whose communities were attacked on Oct. 7
(JTA) On the day Israel was attacked, one of Hannah Asnafi’s first-graders from the southern Israeli community of Kfar Maimon hid for hours in a cramped attic. Now, seven weeks...
One month after Oct. 7 massacre, the ruins of Kibbutz Kfar Aza testify to its horrors
(JTA) One month after their bucolic kibbutz turned into a site of carnage, Hanan Dann and Gili Okev returned for a brief visit — alongside two former world leaders, dozens...
A boat trip aimed at saving the Dead Sea also explores the marvels revealed by its evaporation
(JTA) As the owner of the second boat to sail the Dead Sea in the past 75 years, Noam Bedein knows its salty waters better than almost anyone. But lately,...