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Number of days, hours, minutes and seconds since the hostages were taken by Hamas terrorists on 7 October 2023. Pic: Diane Shubinsky
November 14, 2023, 2:38 pm
Rabbi goes on hunger strike until Red Cross visits hostages taken by Hamas
'The hostages are my children, my brothers and sisters, my grandmothers and grandfathers,' says Rabbi Avidan Freedman in Israel, who is putting pressure on the ICRC
By Jenni Frazer
Rabbanit Shira Marili Mirvis will be the spiritual leader of Shirat Hatamar, an Orthodox synagogue in the West Bank settlement of Efrat. (Screenshot)
April 30, 2021, 3:22 pm
For the first time, a woman will lead an Israeli Orthodox synagogue
Shirat Hatamar, a congregation in the West Bank settlement of Efrat, elected Rabbanit Shira Marili Mirvis, 40, as spiritual leader with the support of 83 percent of its membership.
By JTA
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi-JINIPIX
June 9, 2020, 10:08 am
Netanyahu assures settler leaders that annexation will take place
Long-serving prime minister told a group of settler leaders that proposals will still go ahead, despite President Trump's peace plan not having been finalised yet
By Jewish News Reporter
Efrat (Wikipedia/ Author: Tewfik / Source: Faigl.ladislav /(CC BY 1.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/1.0/legalcode)
May 10, 2020, 9:21 am
Israel OKs housing expansion for West Bank settlement of Efrat
Move backed by Naftali Bennet will see 225 acres for around 7,000 housing units added 
By JTA
Israeli troops have set up
August 8, 2019, 10:52 am
Murdered Israeli soldier found with stab wounds
Manhunt underway for killer of Dvir Sorek, 18, after he was discovered on a road between Efrat and Kibbutz Migdal Oz
By Jewish News Reporter
Screenshot from Facebook video of the funeral, attended by thousands
September 17, 2018, 3:42 pm
Thousands mourn victim of Palestinian stabbing attack at late-night funeral
Ari Fuld, a 45-year-old dad of four, remembered by thousands of mourners after being brutally murdered over the weekend
By JTA
Participants on the BBC series on British Jews. (L-R) Simon, Lilly, Ella, Damon, Joseph, Alan and Emma, on the Aish balcony overlooking the Western Wall, Israel. (Image Credit: BC/Lion TV/Strahila Royachka. Photographer: Strahila Royachka)
August 29, 2018, 12:00 pm
Producer of BBC series on British Jews felt ‘huge obligation to get it right’
Lucie Kon felt 'passionately' about making the series as she reflects on her search to find a balance of people to reflect the 'plurality of voices' of British Jewry
Oded Revivi posted this on Twitter, asking if it was a crime to drink coffee with a Jew
October 25, 2016, 1:41 pm
Palestinians arrested for visiting West Bank mayor’s succah released
The four locals who were detained by the PA were released after a plea from settlement mayor Oded Revivi
By JTA
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