Category: Israel

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — Every day at 4 p.m., Youssef Ziadna receives a phone call from a psychologist. Every evening, he sits on his balcony drinking coffee, smoking, and replaying in his mind the worst things he has ever seen. The daily routine would have been unimaginable for Ziadna, a 47-year-old Bedouin Israeli resident of Rahat, […]

WASHINGTON ((JEWISH REVIEW)) — For more than a week, Herbert Block’s phone has been buzzing nonstop with messages from people he doesn’t know who want to give him money.  He doesn’t mind the unsolicited callers, all of whom are asking the same thing: How can they donate to Israel right now?  “People from all parts […]

TAYIBE, Israel ((JEWISH REVIEW)) – In the days following Hamas’ bloody invasion of Israel, singer and influencer Dalal Abu Amneh posted a Palestinian flag to social media along with the words “There is no victor but God.” By Tuesday, the post was gone, and Abu Amneh, who is also a brain researcher, was in Israeli […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — On the Monday morning after the deadly Hamas attack near the Gaza border, administrators at the Solomon Schechter Day School of Bergen County in New Milford, New Jersey spoke to every grade and asked students how many of them had family in Israel. Nearly every one of the school’s 420 students said […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — Israel has concluded that an explosion at a Gaza City hospital that reportedly killed hundreds of people was the result of an errant rocket fired by Palestinian Islamic Jihad, a terror group in Gaza. Hamas and the Palestinian Authority both blamed Israel for the blast at al-Ahli hospital, which the Palestinian Red […]

(New York Jewish Week) — The hundreds of flyers lining the walls of the Union Square subway station bore the faces of Israeli hostages, with the word “kidnapped” in bold letters above the photo and a plea to bring them home below. “Entire Israeli family,” one of the pages said; “80-year-old Israeli grandfather,” read another. […]

TEL AVIV ((JEWISH REVIEW)) — Keren Sherf Shem, whose daughter Mia is among those taken hostage by Hamas in Gaza, expressed both relief and profound concern after a video featuring her daughter was released by the terrorist group on Monday. “I was overjoyed to see her alive,” Keren Shem told journalists on Tuesday in Tel […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — On a normal Shabbat, Orthodox Israelis turn off radios, silence cell phones and — if they have one — lay down their gun. Saturday was not a normal Shabbat. A week into wartime, Israelis had special dispensation from the country’s top rabbis to bear arms. They were told to leave communication devices […]

Neomit Dekel-Chen, 63, has been a resident of Kibbutz Nir Oz for the last 30 years. This is her account of what happened on Oct. 7, when Hamas attacked her kibbutz and others near the border of Gaza. Dozens of Nir Oz residents were murdered and dozens more were taken hostage during the assault. This […]

(New York Jewish Week) — A 19-year-old is facing hate crimes charges for attacking an Israeli student during a confrontation related to Hamas’ attack on Israel. The suspect, Maxwell Friedman, who police said is from Brooklyn, was charged with four counts for allegedly striking a student with a stick. The altercation happened after that student, […]