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The pope’s ‘divisions’ and the war against the Jews

Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org — Wed, 14 May 2025 07:04:59 +0000

In an era when religion seems to be in steep decline throughout Europe and North America, it might strike some people as curious that the election of a new pope would be treated as such an earth-shaking event. But even as secularism increasingly dominates public discourse, the persistence of faith and the attention devoted to […]

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Hebrew University Medical students operate “Hospital for Bears” in memory of fallen classmates

Danae Marx — Wed, 14 May 2025 05:52:38 +0000

Students at the Hebrew University’s Faculty of Medicine have held a special event called Hospital for Bears, dedicated to the memory of two of their classmates. Faculty students Carmel Gat and Eyal Berkowitz both lost their lives following the Oct 7 attack. Carmel was murdered in Hamas captivity, and Eyal fell in battle in Gaza. […]

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Sderot left exposed: Israeli probe uncovers miscommunication, lack of preparedness during October 7 attack

Ehud Amiton - TPS — Thu, 10 Apr 2025 02:39:58 +0000

The Israel Defence Forces “failed in its mission to protect the residents of Sderot” according to a military report on Hamas’ October 7 attack on the city released on Wednesday. The findings, part of a broader investigation into the military’s response to the surprise attack, paint a picture of unpreparedness, miscommunication, and logistical breakdowns that […]

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Triguboff Institute marks the completion of an initiative assisting the return of evacuees to the Gaza Envelope

J-Wire News Service — Mon, 24 Mar 2025 05:28:56 +0000

A joint venture initiative of Shaar Hanegev Regional Council Kibbutz Ruhama and the Triguboff Institute has led to the return of the evacuated Kfar Aza Kibbutz community to a long-term temporary location in a neighbouring Kibbutz minutes’ drive from their homes destroyed during the October 7 attack. The hosting Kibbutz Ruhama will serve as a […]

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Israeli army restricts soldiers’ social media use after deadly base attack

Pesach Benson — Wed, 05 Mar 2025 03:28:38 +0000

The Israel Defence Forces is moving to tighten restrictions on soldiers’ social media use after an internal probe revealed that Hamas exploited online posts to map out Nahal Oz base before its October 7 attack. During the October 7 attack on Nahal Oz, 53 soldiers were killed and 10 more were taken captive. New measures […]

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‘Her heart could not withstand the suffering’: released hostage dies

Pesach Benson — Tue, 24 Dec 2024 20:52:45 +0000

Kibbutz Nir Oz resident Hana Katzir a 77-year-old hostage released from captivity during a temporary ceasefire died, on Tuesday morning. “Mum was a loving woman, wife and mother who gave nothing but love,” said her daughter, Carmit Palty Katzir, in a statement released by the Hostage and Missing Families Forum. “Her heart could not withstand […]

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Israeli combat medic on life support since Oct 7 attacks dies of injuries

Pesach Benson — Wed, 27 Nov 2024 05:13:28 +0000

Sgt.-Maj. Yona Betzalel Brief, a 23-year-old soldier, died of injuries from Hamas’s October 7 attack, the Israel Defence Forces announced on Tuesday. He served as a combat medic in the elite Duvdevan Unit. Brief had been hurt in a counterterror operation in Tulkarem in May 2023. On the morning of October 7, the Modiin resident […]

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Julian Leeser and October 7

J-Wire News Service — Tue, 08 Oct 2024 07:21:57 +0000

Liberal MP for the Sydney seat of Berowra Julian Leeser addressed parliament today. This is what he told members. Today we think of the 1,200 men, women and children, citizens of more than 30 countries, who were slaughtered by Hamas in the largest murder of Jewish people on a single day since the Holocaust. We […]

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Moving Oct 7 commemoration in Melbourne

David Marlow — Tue, 08 Oct 2024 03:32:10 +0000

About 8,000 community members joined Zionism Victoria’s ‘Illuminate October’ commemoration in Moorabbin which commenced with the Walk of Light lantern procession. Members of the community made and carried over 1,600 lanterns, each dedicated to one of the victims. The event was led by Zionism Victoria and Habayit, with many supporting community organisations, making it one […]

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Jillian Segal lays out ambitious agenda to confront antisemitism crisis

Rob Klein — Fri, 27 Sep 2024 03:02:35 +0000

In the wake of a troubling rise in antisemitic incidents, particularly since October 7, Jillian Segal, Australia’s inaugural Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism, delivered her first public address in Sydney. Speaking at the September plenum of the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies, Segal outlined a bold and urgent agenda to counter this growing crisis. Segal […]

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