(JTA) — When Hamas terrorists broke into her home early Saturday morning, Rachel Adari didn’t have any guns.
But she had another kind of weapon: cookies, which she offered to the men who held her and her husband captive for the next 15 hours,...
Jackie Hajdenberg, JTA
• Published October 9, 2023
This story has been updated from the Morning Light headline.
(JTA) — Jedidiah Murphy, the Jewish man on death row in Texas whose fight to avoid the death penalty gained support from prominent Jewish activists, has been executed.
Murphy,...
(JTA) — In an unprecedented show of support for Israel, a number of professional athletes and sports teams issued statements about Hamas’ invasion of the country, which has left over 900 dead.
“The NBA and [the NBA Players’ Association] mourn...
This story will be updated.
(JTA) — A massive military operation is underway to place Gaza under a “complete siege,” Israel’s defense minister said on Monday, 48 hours after a surprise attack by Hamas left 900 Israelis dead, thousands wounded...
(JTA) — In a public address nearly three days after southern Israel was overrun with Hamas attackers who killed 900 people and kidnapped 100, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel had begun a war that would end with the terror group’s...
JERUSALEM (JTA) — I was chanting from the Torah in synagogue when the first siren went off. It was the morning of Simchat Torah, the holiday celebrating our commitment to read the entire Torah over the course of the year, starting with Genesis and concluding...
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The U.S. State Department confirmed that there were at least nine Americans among the hundreds of people killed after Hamas invasion of Israel.
“At this time, we can confirm the deaths of nine U.S. citizens,” said a State Department...
(JTA) — One, just out of the army, told his dad “I love you” and “I’m sorry” then disappeared. One who just joined the army has no family nearby, so a stranger is keeping him company in the hospital. One was a peace activist.
These are...
Lisa Keys, Jackie Hajdenberg, JTA
• Published October 8, 2023
(New York Jewish Week) — As Israel continued to clear the Gaza border area of Hamas attackers, and came to grips with an attack that killed 700 people, hundreds of people came to rally in support of the country outside the United Nations on Sunday afternoon.
But...
(JTA) — As the death toll from Saturday’s attack on Israel has mounted, Israelis and Jews around the world have reached for analogies to explain the magnitude of the tragedy, calling the invasion “Israel’s 9/11” or “Israel’s Pearl Harbor.”
Others...
(JTA) – More than 5,000 young adults on long-term programs in Israel are out of danger, an umbrella group for the programs said.
A spokesperson for Masa Israel Journey — which guides participants to hundreds of gap-year, career training and continuing...
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The Biden administration is investigating reports that Americans are among the at least 600 people killed and the 100 or so abducted in the Hamas invasion of Israel.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken, speaking on Sunday news...
