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A Hierarchy of Suffering

Our son, Koby, was murdered in 2001 by Palestinian terrorists when he was 13. He and his friend Yosef Ish Ran cut school to hike in the wadi near our home in Tekoa. They were beaten to death with rocks the size of bowling balls. According to the Talmud, there are 903 ways to die. […]

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Human Interest

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You Hold the Door; I’ve Got the Baby

Excerpted from One Day in October: Forty Heroes, Forty Stories. Emerging from the pain and sorrow inflicted on October 7, 2023, these first-person accounts offer consolation and hope. Yahav and I met in acting school, and from the day we met until our final moment together, we never stopped arguing about who fell in love […]

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While We Were Celebrating
Over the past year, terrorists struck Jews on Yom Kippur, Hanukkah, and Passover. There was one consistent answer from survivors: celebrate louder.

Melvin Cravitz was the first Jewish man murdered for being Jewish in the United Kingdom in the last 80 years. In 2025, 20 Jews were murdered in antisemitic attacks outside of Israel. Over 800 severe antisemitic incidents were documented around the world. It was the deadliest year for diaspora Jewry this century. And when you […]

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Sahar’s Miracle
After a decade of infertility, Sahar lost her baby before he could come home. She turned her grief into a mission.

After more rounds of IVF than Sahar could count, she said to her husband, “You can leave me, it’s okay. You deserve to have a child.” “I married you because I love you. Baby or no baby I’m with you for life.” Sahar and her husband, Ian, met on an Aish trip to Brazil and […]

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