In 1948, only one country in the entire world was willing to sell the Jewish people weapons to defend themselves after the Holocaust—Czechoslovakia. It’s doubtful Israel ישראל would’ve been able to win its independence without them. And now we’ve come full circle.

“I don’t feel it’s right for me to be happy. I don’t feel it’s right for my family and for me to be happy. There are people held, here and there. Every one of them — no matter if they are Arabs or Jews — has a family that is waiting for him. They also want to celebrate. “So I

There’s a British hostage in Gaza and many have family here including my husband whose cousin is in the darkness with Hamas. We projected their faces and a giant yellow ribbon onto Brighton’s iconic cliffs. To shine a light. Don’t leave them in the dark. Bring them home NOW.

They survived being tortured in the tunnels for almost 11 months and were shot only a day or two before they were found. They deserved better from this world. We all failed them.

1. Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Aner Shapira and Ben Zussman as kids. 2. Hersh and Aner, best friends as adults, on Oct 7 in the roadside shelter where Aner saved Hersh’s life by catching and throwing out 7 grenades before the 8th killed him. Hersh survived losing an arm and being

These are the everyday people of Gaza. How does one make peace with such a sick society?

Every hostage murder hits hard but none hit the same way. There is no equality in death and mourning, only the uniqueness of every life. For the Anglo community in Israel, Hersh Goldberg-Polin’s murder is searingly unique because some of us have met Rachel and John during their

PSA: You're allowed to offer condolences to people you met with in their darkest hour without minimizing their suffering by saying how we also have to blah blah Gaza. Also doesn't hurt to condemn the crime and perpetrator when their son is murdered. This man is a disgrace.

Both of them still updated the numbers on their chest counting how many days all the hostages have been in captivity even though their son is no longer one of them. They also made sure to talk about the other 5 hostages who were killed together with Hersh. We don't deserve them.

Britain suspending arm sales to Israel as it fights a war of survival reminds me today is the 85th anniversary of Britain firing its first shots (& claiming its first victims) of WWII. It was not Nazis the British killed, but Jewish refugees fleeing certain death for their

My Britishness, my Englishness, was always much more of what I felt I was - my Judaism (my atheist Judaism) so much a smaller part. But I’m gradually feeling more Jewish than English. How could I not when I suddenly see things so differently? When I feel the same things as my

Notice how especially large & aggressive “pro-Palestinian” marches follow large & high-profile massacres of Jews by Hamas. It’s what happened on Oct 8, and it’s what’s happening now, after the execution of 6 Jewish hostages. It’s not accidental. There’s an objective here: to

Hamas kidnapped children. It’s holding them for a ransom. Your job, the international community, isn’t to tell Israel, “Pay any ransom, then leave the kidnappers alone.” It’s to work out how to lower the ransom then help us hunt down the kidnappers to the ends of the earth.

The kindness and love that everyone has shown Hersh, Jon, Rachel and his sisters has been immense. If you'd like to share a message with the Goldberg-Polin family you can do so here: padlet.com/savehershgp/me…

Thank you so much for sharing. We love it here! This place is amazing and we just want to show that to the world, despite the negativity the world portrays.

There is a lot of misinformation going around about Jews, specifically from that horrific Candace appearance on Piers Morgan last night. So as someone who was not born Jewish, and converted and became an Orthodox Jew, let me tell you the truth about the Jews. A thread. 🧵

They’re not guilty of any of that. Just murdering Jews. Stop murdering Jews and we’ll have peace. It’s that simple.

This is what deranged antisemitism looks like. There is nothing Dana Bash reports on CNN that isn't also reported by thousands of other journalists, including many at the same network. So why aim all the venom at her? Because they only protest Jews. And they only protest