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During Neuman’s volunteer trip to southern Israel, she harvested fruit in a sunny clementine orchard on a moshav (above), but also visited scenes of Hamas’ Oct. 7 terror attack, including the now-empty home of Rachel and David Edri, who were held hostage during the attack.

‘I needed to see and understand for myself what is going on in Israel’

Shula NeumanPublished January 17, 2024

It’s a beautiful, cloudless day. The temperature is a perfect 75 degrees, and the December sun is causing me to sweat as I cut another clementine from the tree and put it in the bag draped across my body. That’s when I hear a distant boom and rumble...

IDF reservist Idan Amedi, an actor who stars in the hit Netflix series Fauda, was wounded while fighting in Gaza.

Fauda star Idan Amedi severely wounded in Gaza battle 

By Yulia Karra, Israel21cPublished January 9, 2024

Idan Amedi, star of the hit Israeli TV show “Fauda,” was severely wounded on Monday during fighting in the Gaza Strip where he was deployed as an Israel Defense Forces reservist. According to reports in the Israeli media, the actor and singer was...

A military helicopter flying above the Gaza Strip, as it seen from the Israeli side of the border, on Jan. 8, 2024.

9 Israeli soldiers killed in Gaza as IDF announces less intensive phase and Lebanon border simmers

Philissa Cramer, JTAPublished January 9, 2024

(JTA) — Nine Israeli soldiers were killed, including six in one incident, during fighting in Gaza on Monday as Israel announced a new phase that officials said would be more targeted than the campaign that has devastated the enclave. The announcement...

DeMar DeRozan displays the jersey he signed at Madison Square Garden.

For an Israeli Chicago Bulls’ fan slain on Oct. 7, a final gift from that team’s star forward

Jon Kalish, The ForwardPublished January 8, 2024

This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward's free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. Chicago Bulls’ forward DeMar DeRozan honored the memory of an Israeli basketball fan murdered at the rave near kibbutz...

Chris Froome. Participants are asked to ride with a yellow ribbon on their bikes to show their solidarity

St. Louis bicyclists invited to join global ride supporting hostages

By Bill Motchan, Special to the Jewish LightPublished January 7, 2024

Bicyclists around the world will take to roads and bike paths on Jan. 14 to mark the 100th day since the Hamas attack on Israel last October. The event was created by the professional cycling team Israel Premier Tech, the Hostages and Missing Families...

People wave Palestinian flags and hold a picture of a watermelon as they gather for a "Global South United" protest to demand freedom for Palestine in Berlin, Oct. 28, 2023.

How the watermelon wound up on Jennifer Garner’s daughter’s sweatshirt as a symbol of Palestinian nationalism

Ron Kampeas, JTAPublished January 5, 2024

(JTA) — When the social media watchdog group StopAntisemitism this week posted a photo of Jennifer Garner’s daughter, it called attention to her sweater, which showed a watermelon cut into the shape of a map. The group took offense at the map —...

St. Louis program steps up to help Israelis with interest-free emergency loans

St. Louis program steps up to help Israelis with interest-free emergency loans

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished January 4, 2024

The St. Louis Jewish Loan Association (STLJLA), along with its 16 other nationwide partners, is providing over $3.4 million in an interest-free loan for emergency financial assistance to Israeli individuals and families in the Jewish state. Last...

Givati soldiers setting out on an ambush, 1948-9. Photo: Museum of the History of Gedera and the Biluim. This item is part of the Israel Archive Network and is made available thanks to the collaboration between the Museum of the History of Gedera and the Biluim, the Ministry of Heritage, and the National Library of Israel

The many lives of the Givati ‘Purple’ Brigade

Reut Gawiser, National Library Of IsraelPublished January 1, 2024

On November 29, 1947, the UN adopted the resolution creating a Jewish state alongside an Arab state in the lands of the British Mandate of Palestine. The Jewish population, collectively known as the Yishuv, as well as Jews around the world, finally...

Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu at the Knesset, Dec. 19, 2022.

Israel’s Supreme Court rejects Netanyahu’s judiciary overhaul

By Benyamin CohenPublished January 1, 2024

This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward's free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. Israel’s Supreme Court on Monday struck down a controversial law passed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s...

The Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. (Trevor Carpenter)

Lincoln Memorial vandalized with ‘Free Gaza’ graffiti

Jacob Gurvis, JTAPublished December 21, 2023

(JTA) — The Lincoln Memorial closed temporarily on Wednesday after its steps were vandalized with graffiti reading “Free Gaza” in multiple places. U.S. Park Police are investigating the graffiti, which was discovered Wednesday morning at the...

A poll shows Palestinians overwhelmingly support Oct. 7.

Ron Kampeas, JTAPublished December 20, 2023

(JTA) — When a recent survey showed that nearly three-quarters of Palestinians supported Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack, Israeli officials and commentators cited it to justify their country’s war in Gaza, which aims to depose the terror group. “Palestinians...

Palestinians and their supporters protest outside the Embassy of Israel in London two days after Hamas killed s1.200 people in an attack on southern Israel, Oct. 9, 2023.

Young voters prefer Palestinians — and Trump, new poll shows

By Benyamin Cohen, The ForwardPublished December 19, 2023

This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward's free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. Nearly half of young American voters, 46%, said they sympathize more with the Palestinians than with Israel, according...

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