Lists of hostage names are being passed around like commodities in a marketplace, but each name represents an entire world—our world. These are not mere names; they are people, families, and futures. They are loved ones with lives and dreams, not bargaining chips in a cruel game.

Joshua & Emily Kotler lost their Altadena home in a wildfire but escaped with their daughters, Liberty (4) & Eve (2). Amid the ashes, they found the only surviving item: Joshua’s grandmother’s menorah, passed down from a Holocaust survivor. “It was insanely powerful,” Joshua

Bring them all home

Friday morning I met a group from Central Synagogue and gave them a lowdown on UK Jewry. Kabb Shabbat they came to Finchley Reform Synagogue for an incredibly moving service as our members and clergy met Zoe Jacobs Deborah Blausten Cantor Daniel Mutlu Rabbi Sarah Berman #FRSmeetsCENTRAL

Emily is home ♥️

איור של האמן משה שפירא, אבא של ענר

Notice this. Speak out against it. If one of these communities is local to you, see what kind of solidarity they might appreciate.

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For 500 days I’ve not been able to stop thinking about the Bibas family. It’s Jewishly important to take the lead from their family who are direct mourners, our needs as a wider community are secondary to theirs. Yarden’s sister said ‘I ask that my family not be eulogized yet’

This family could not have been clearer about what they need. However upset any of us are anywhere else in the world we are not them and the least we can do in this moment is not do anything that will make tomorrow worse.

Share and read these stories this morning, let them drown out the ghoulish spectacle unfolding. A stage to return babies? Hamas absolutely know how awful it is to do it this way, it’s entirely deliberate.

It's difficult to respond to the death of someone you never met. Though I feel I have come to know Oded Lifshitz, in the 16 months I have been representing his amazing daughter Sharone Lifschitz who has been campaigning for his release. Shortly after 7th October 2023, I received a

There’s so much to be said about these releases happening on Shabbat, but then there’s also this- a Havdalah for the ages. What a beautiful and powerful way to mark transition, and sanctify life.

לנתניהו הייתה בחירה: להחזיר את עמרי מירן ודוד קוניו לילדים שלהם. או להחזיר את בן-גביר לממשלה כדי להעביר תקציב. והוא בחר את בן-גביר.

כבוד ענקי לאלפי תושבי עזה שיצאו להפגין היום נגד המלחמה ונגד שלטון החמאס בעזה. למרות ההפצצות של חיל האוויר ולמרות שהם יכולים להיהרג בכל רגע על ידינו, אנשים בעזה דורשים הפסקת אש וחיים נורמליים. אנחנו שולחים חיזוקים מהאנשים בישראל שגם מפגינים נגד המלחמה ונגד השלטון שלהם 💜

🧵 Big news today: Netflix drama Adolescence will be shown in all UK secondary schools to help tackle the influence of toxic online figures like Andrew Tate. As a teacher—and someone who’s worked closely with teenage boys—I’ve got thoughts. A thread 👇 🧵