The IDF confirmed on Tuesday that Itay Chen, an Israeli-American IDF soldier believed to be held hostage in Gaza, was killed on Oct. 7. His body was taken to the enclave. Chen’s father, Ruby, has been a prominent voice speaking on behalf of the hostage families, both in Israel and ...
Jennifer Airley’s son Binyamin was killed in Gaza in November. “A Torah scroll was written in Binyamin’s honor by the Heller family in Lawrence, New York,” Airley told the Magazine. “On Rosh Hodesh Sivan (which fell on June 7 this year), as the writing of the Torah was comple...
It was first used in 1948, calling for a free Palestinian state for both Palestinians and Jews. For some, it is a call to end the Israeli occupation of the West Bank, but to others, including many Jewish groups, it is an antisemitic slogan. "Calling 'from the river to the...
With modern medicine, we've defeated many of the infectious diseases and addressed the sanitation issues that may have killed us before. Of course, some areas of the world without access to that kind of health care still die in this way. According to the World Health Organization, the top ...
These began as early as 7 October 2000, of all dates – a mere four months after the withdrawal – with the abduction of three IDF soldiers on a border patrol (who, it later transpired, were killed in the attack), culminating in the 12 July 2006 abduction of two more soldiers (who, ...
I mean, other than almost being killed by a crowd of Hasidic Jews. You wouldn't like him when he's angry. You wouldn’t think they’d be the fearsome type. You’d be wrong. Let’s look at some evidence. But, back to Frank’s Excellent Adventure in New York. ...
“I DO not live near Gaza. I am not related to a hostage or a soldier. I don’t know anyone personally who was killed on Oct. 7, nor do I personally know any soldier who has fallen in the war. My family has not been displaced from our home. I am not directly impacted by any...
How many people were killed in the Ukrainian crisis? How many people were killed in the Battle of France? How many people got killed in the October Crisis in Quebec? How many children were killed in the French Revolution? How many people died in the Goliad massacre? How many men were co...
There are different traditional reasons for this recognition, with the most prominent relating to the Talmud, where a plague killed many of Rabbi Akiva’s students because they did not treat one another with respect.It is said that the plague ended on the 33rd day of the Omer, hence the ...
Harris began by emphasizing that she “will always stand up for Israel's right to defend itself” and “ensure Israel has the ability to defend itself, because the people of Israel must never again face the horror that a terrorist organization called Hamas caused on October 7.” ...