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War In Israel

One Year Later: St. Louis honors victims of Oct. 7 attack

One Year Later: St. Louis honors victims of Oct. 7 attack

Ellen Futterman and Jordan PalmerPublished October 7, 2024

More than 1,500 people came together Monday night, Oct. 7, at the Jewish Community Center near Creve Coeur, while others joined remotely, to remember the thousands of Israelis murdered and the 101 hostages still in captivity as a result of the brutal...

President Donald Trump, accompanied by Chabad rabbis, praying at the Rebbe's Ohel.

Former President Trump marks Oct. 7 with prayer visit to Ohel

Chabad.org StaffPublished October 7, 2024

Marking one year since the Oct. 7 terror attack in Israel, former President Donald Trump paid a personal prayer visit on Monday afternoon to the Ohel in Queens, N.Y., the resting place of the Rebbe—Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory. Millions...

 U.S. President Joe Biden participates in a moment of silence at a remembrance ceremony on the one-year anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel in the Blue Room at the White House, Oct. 7, 2024. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Biden lights Oct. 7 yahrzeit candle as Kamala Harris vows to see Hamas threat ‘eliminated’

Ron Kampeas, JTAPublished October 7, 2024

(JTA) — WASHINGTON — In separate statements marking the anniversary of Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris said they continue to support Israel’s war against the group and its allies. Harris,...

Nama Herz.

In her own words, former St. Louis Shinshinim Naama Herz reflects on the past year

Naama HerzPublished October 7, 2024

Naama Herz is a 19-year-old Israeli woman from Kibbutz Ramot Menashe. She returned to Israel in late August after spending a year in St. Louis as part of the Shinshinim program, which was sponsored by Temple Emanuel and Shaare Emeth. A year: 365 days,...

Jewish St. Louis Reflects: One year since the tragedy of Oct. 7

Jewish St. Louis Reflects: One year since the tragedy of Oct. 7

Published October 6, 2024

One year ago, Jews around the world awoke to learn of a horrific event. The Hamas attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, accounted for the largest number of Jews killed in a single day since the Holocaust. The following 12 months have been a period of mourning...

As missiles rained down, how Lev Kreitman took down a terrorist in Tel Aviv

By Mira Fox, The ForwardPublished October 1, 2024

This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward's free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. Lev Kreitman has seen plenty of trauma. He was at the Nova festival on Oct. 7, when it was attacked by Hamas. Then, as...

Israeli first responders at the site of a terrorist shooting in Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Oct. 1, 2024.

At least 6 killed in shooting attack in Jaffa as Iran strikes Israel

Ron Kampeas, JTAPublished October 1, 2024

At least 8 people were killed in a shooting attack in Jaffa, one of the deadliest terror attacks in Israel since Oct. 7, 2023. The attack, which also wounded several people, occurred at an extremely volatile time in Israel, amid a barrage of missiles...

Israeli soldiers seen at a staging area near the Israeli border with Lebanon, Oct. 1, 2024.

Iran launches missile attack against Israel; US warns of ‘severe consequences for Iran’

Ron Kampeas, JTAPublished October 1, 2024

(JTA) — WASHINGTON — Sirens blared across much of Israel late Tuesday after Iran fired a barrage of missiles toward the country. More than 100 ballistic missiles were incoming, Israeli officials said, as sirens blared across most of the country...

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant meets with soldiers stationed along the border with Lebanon as Israel readied a ground invasion against Hezbollah there.

Israel’s Third Lebanon War is underway. Here’s what you need to know.

Ben Sales, JTAPublished September 30, 2024

Fighting is underway between Israeli troops and Hezbollah fighters along the Israel-Lebanon border. What is yet unclear: How many will fight, how long they will stay there, how many people will be killed and whether the blazing conflict between Hezbollah...

Smoke rises from an Israeli strike that hit Tyre, Lebanon, Sept. 26, 2024. (Daniel Carde/Getty Images)

US and allies propose ceasefire as fighting escalates between Israel and Hezbollah

Ron Kampeas, JTAPublished September 26, 2024

Tensions between Israel and Hezbollah have intensified after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected a ceasefire proposal led by the United States and France. Netanyahu confirmed that military operations on Israel’s northern border and Lebanon...

An illustration of Hezbollah using civilian homes in Southern Lebanon to store and fire rockets at Israel. Credit: IDF.

IAF hits 1,300 sites in Lebanon as Hezbollah pummels northern Israel

Joshua Marks (JNS)Published September 23, 2024

Israeli Air Force fighter jets conducted massive airstrikes on Hezbollah targets across Lebanon throughout the day on Monday to prevent the Iranian-backed terror army from firing rockets across the border. As of Monday evening, the IAF had attacked...

Hezbollah pager bomb mystery deepens

JNS StaffPublished September 19, 2024

In a twist that deepens the mystery surrounding the pager explosions in Lebanon on Tuesday that killed more than 10 Hezbollah terrorists and injured thousands in the organization, Taiwanese electronics company Gold Apollo has distanced itself from the...

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