Mrs. Silverman Peretz moved to Israel from Maine in 2004. She lives with her…
“I didn’t expect that my captor was actually a member,” recalls Ditza Heiman, who was released as part of the November 2023 truce deal.
For some families, the date marks a tragedy of multiple losses.
‘I pray that the day will come and there will be a miracle, that northern Israel gets back on its feet again. I hoped that we would get to celebrate Rosh Hashanah together as a community this year. Maybe next year.’
No direct casualties but nine people were slightly injured while running to safe rooms.
His wife, Michal, gave birth to the couple’s second son, Kai, in February even as she was campaigning tirelessly to free her husband throughout his 11-month captivity in Gaza.
Yaakov Kermaier, formerly the rabbi of Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue Synagogue, made aliyah to Israel nearly a decade ago. ‘Innocent children murdered while playing soccer embodies pure evil,’ he says.
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