This is a developing story. A man was arrested on multiple charges including a hate crime after allegedly striking a Jewish man on his way to synagogue in the Los Angeles enclave of Beverly Hills on Saturday. The man, Jarris Silagi, 44, allegedly hit Raphael Nissel, 75, on the head and said, “Jew, give me your jewelry,” according to a report on the incident published by the L.A. Times. Nissel was treated for a laceration at the scene and continued on to his Orthodox synagogue, where he read Torah as planned, according to the report and a tweet by his…
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Sgt. Major (res.) Ben Zussman, Hy’d, of Jerusalem fell in battle in the northern Gaza Strip last week. Zussman, H’yd, was the son of Tzvi and Sarit Zussman of Jerusalem, the grandson of Edna and Aver Zussman, a part-time resident of Denver, and the great-grandson of the late Ben and Bernice Zussman of Denver. Before Zussman, z’l went into battle in the Gaza Strip, he wrote a letter to his family. Read his moving words below: “I’m writing you this message on the way to the base. If you’re reading this, something must have happened to me. As you know…
Batia Holin, a resident of Kibbutz Kfar Aza, is a photographer and peace activist who developed a friendship with a Gazan photographer. In February 2023, they arranged a joint exhibit of photos of Kfar Aza and his village in the Gaza Strip. Over 10,000 people viewed the images. They had plans for another exhibit in San Diego. In an interview with Channel 13, Holin revealed that on October 7th, she discovered that “her friend” had participated in the assault and passed the information and photos about her kibbutz to Hamas. How did she know? She said that she had no…
Hamas leader’s son spent the equivalent of two years’ salary for the average Gazan on jewelry. During a raid of Hamas strategic locations in Gaza, the IDF seized receipts that tell the story of Hamas’ financial exploitation of Gazans. These receipts, which were analyzed by IDF intelligence officials, detail the luxurious lifestyle of Hamas leaders while the majority of Palestinians in Gaza live in dire poverty. Although Hamas leaders often blame Israel for the desperate living conditions of Gazans, the receipts revealed that Moaz Haniyeh, the fourth son of Hamas Chief Ismail Haniyeh, spent an amount of money on jewelry…
Sharon Cunio, 34, and her twin daughters, Yuli and Emma, 3 were released from captivity in Gaza last week. Sharon’s sister, Danielle Aloni, and her daughter, Emilia, 5, were released three days earlier. Sharon’s husband and the twins’ father, David, remains in captivity. Both families were abducted on October 7th from Kibbutz Nir Oz. On Sunday evening, Ramos Aloni, Sharon and Danielle’s father, told Channel 12 News that in Gaza, the terrorists separated one of the twins, Yuli, from the rest of her family and they had no idea where she was. “On the second day, they took Yuli to…
The young IDF soldier shivers in the cold, a sharp contrast to sweating during the desert heat that day. Every member of his elite unit has one of the most highly trained dogs in the world at their side as they lead the way into the tunnels in Gaza, but there are no coats. When one of the young men in this unit tells his family about the extreme cold, his father knows who to call. “You have to help him because, you see, my son is also your child,” said the father to Nir Salomon, executive director of EFRAT,…
Some of the women and children held hostage by Hamas begin returning to Israel, where they are reunited with their families. In the last few days, Israel collectively held its breath as the first hostages to be returned from Hamas captivity began making their way back home. As photos and videos of children held in captivity for 50 days being reunited with their parents began making rounds, a huge sigh of relief could be heard around the country. Continue Reading this article at israel21c.org
Gigi Hadid added to her list of outrageous claims against Israel on Sunday sharing a video in which the person claims Israel illegally harvests the organs of dead Palestinians. By Shiryn Ghermezian, The Algemeiner Model Gigi Hadid made a series of false accusations about Israel and its treatment of Palestinians, while also promoting an antisemitic blood libel, to her more than 79 million Instagram followers over the weekend. On Sunday, the 28-year-old shared on her Instagram Story a reel in which a user named Umme Murtaza (umme_murtazaa) tells her followers to “watch this disturbing video, where health officials admitted that…
(JTA) — The world’s first Israeli-Palestinian boy band landed in Los Angeles to start recording songs on Oct. 6, the day before Hamas attacked Israel and kicked off a war in Gaza, a new feature from Billboard magazine reveals. As1one—pronounced “as one”—is a group of four Jewish Israelis and two Palestinians, one Muslim and one Christian. The project was first envisioned by music executives James Diener and Ken Levitan as an Israeli version of BTS—the seven-piece Korean pop group that has reached superstardom around the world—and has been in development for a couple of years. Diener, who worked in top…