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Iran, Bibi’s trial and more: What Trump said in his historic Knesset speech

Amid talks of normalization, Trump paid special attention to the elephant in the room by urging the Knesset to use their ...
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Fire-damaged Pasadena shul builds new sukkah with help from East Bay friends

The Men’s Club of Temple Isaiah, located in Lafayette, California, near San Francisco, donated a sukkah to PJTC, a ...
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Israelis are comparing Trump to Cyrus the Great — again

As their last living hostages returned home from Gaza after two years of war, Israelis gave visiting President Donald Trump a ...
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Rallying for the hostages — up to the very last day

UnXeptable held one last rally took just hours before the first Israeli hostages crossed the border from Gaza into Israel.
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All 20 living hostages are back in Israel

All 20 of the Israeli hostages still alive two years after being taken hostage by Hamas have returned to Israel, following an ...
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These are the 20 Israeli hostages who were released alive today

The last time Israel and Hamas struck a ceasefire in their war, in early 2025, 38 hostages were released — almost all of them ...
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Letting go: Jews retire hostage rituals with gratitude and grief

The Conservative congregation hung a “bring them home now” sign out front on behalf of the hostages. Rabbi Jesse Olitzky added the “Acheinu” prayer for redeeming captives to the weekly Shabbat service ...