November 2017
Standing Up, Standing Proud for Israel
StandWithUs' I Heart Israel Gala returns Dec. 2
November 2017
- 2 more deceased hostages, including only woman, returned to Israel as Hamas says it has freed all it can(JTA) — Hamas returned the bodies of two more hostages late Wednesday and said it had released all of the remains it is able to access, leaving 19 people unaccounted for. The two hostages returned Wednesday, DNA analysis showed, were Muhammad Al-Atarash and Inbar Hayman. The Hostages and Missing Families Forum announced in December 2023... […]
- Simchat Torah in Hostages Square lays bare divide over just how much to celebrate yet(JTA) — Rabba Anat Sharbat, the unofficial “rabbi of Hostages Square,” wept as she recited the Shehechiyanu blessing after lighting the candles to mark the beginning of Simchat Torah holiday on Monday evening, hours after all 20 living hostages returned to Israel. Two years before, the same holiday had been marked by silence and fear... […]