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Vivian Silver awards with Christiane Amanpour, Dr Jasr Kawkby and Sharone Lifshitz
March 25, 2026, 3:01 pm
New Israel Fund London event celebrates Vivian Silver, peace activist
NIF honours Jewish and Arab recipients of Vivian Silver awards
By Jenni Frazer
Eli Sharabi's memoir recounts his 491 days as a Hamas hostage in Gaza. (Harper Influence)
February 18, 2026, 12:10 pm
Eli Sharabi’s ‘Hostage’ memoir named Jewish book of the year
Journalist Julia Ioffe, former Obama aide Sarah Hurwitz and historian Pamela Nadell are also winners of a National Jewish Book Award
By Andrew Silow-Carroll (JTA)
AJR chief executive returns to Kibbutz Ni r Oz. Pic: Courtesy
January 27, 2026, 9:41 am
Rebuilding the fabric of kibbutz life after 7 October
How does a devastated community return after psychological trauma? Michael Newman pays respects at the Kibbutz Nir Oz of his youth
By Michael Newman
Jewish Child's Day archive
January 12, 2026, 3:02 pm
Jewish Child’s Day to shut offices after 78 years as UJIA takes over its mission
Charity ends events and fundraising but keeps £8m-a-decade grant-giving alive through new fund focused on vulnerable Jewish children
By Michelle Rosenberg
Dror Or, whose body was returned to Israel two years after his children’s release.
November 26, 2025, 11:03 am
Body of hostage Dror Or returned to Israel
Be’eri family finally able to bury devoted father Dror alongside wife Yonat, after body returned from Gaza
By Annabel Sinclair
Yossi Sharabi’s daughters and family deliver emotional eulogies at his funeral in Kibbutz Be’eri, 27 October 2025. (Credit: GPO)
October 27, 2025, 3:19 pm
Tears and tributes as slain Gaza hostage Yossi Sharabi buried in Kibbutz Be’eri
Hundreds gather as family, President Herzog and freed hostages bid farewell to Be’eri resident murdered in Hamas captivity
By Annabel Sinclair
Ribbon of Return, Tekuma 2023
September 30, 2025, 7:11 pm
The book that should be in every Jewish home
Photojournalist Chen Schimmel’s images of the aftermath of October 7 have been published in a powerful new book
By Louisa Walters
The IDF recovered the bodies of murdered hostages Ilan Weiss and Idan Shtivi
August 29, 2025, 11:41 am
Israel recovers bodies of two hostages murdered by Hamas
The remains of Ilan Weiss and Idan Shtivi were returned to Israel today after a joint IDF-Shin Bet operation
By Daniel Sugarman and Michelle Rosenberg
Blake Ezra Photography/UJIA Eli Sharabi. St. John's Wood synagogue Monday 28 April 2025
April 29, 2025, 10:48 am
Standing ovation for Eli Sharabi as former hostage shares story of survival in Gaza tunnels
The former captive said he would never give up his efforts to free the 59 remaining in Gaza at the UJIA and United Synagogue event attended by 1400
By Michelle Rosenberg
Jewish Child's Day Chairman Charles Spungin with Kibbutz Be'eri survivor Itay Shabi. Pic: Grainge Photography
April 29, 2025, 8:22 am
Fundraiser to rebuild Be’eri nursery reaches almost £90k
'We are a family in trauma but rebuilding is our win': survivor Itay Shabi relives his 7 October nightmare at event for Jewish Child's Day
By Michelle Rosenberg
Rotem Kalderon (Courtesy)
March 18, 2025, 12:01 am
Report names 18th British victim of Hamas attacks for first time
Rotem Kalderon, a 66-year-old dual UK-Israeli national, had not previously been named in lists of British casualties
By Michelle Rosenberg and PA
Kibbutz Be'eri, November 2024. Pic: Michelle Rosenberg.
December 19, 2024, 1:29 pm
As residents start returning to Be’eri, the long process of rebuilding gathers pace
SPECIAL REPORT: Jewish News hears of UK efforts to support families returning to the kibbutz hardest hit by 7 October
By Michelle Rosenberg
Caprice producing films while standing up for Israel
December 17, 2024, 4:34 pm
“I’ve never fought harder for my community”
Caprice has made a Christmas film, but says she has never felt more Jewish
By Brigit Grant
The review is accompanied by a photo of Tom Hand with his daughter Emily, who spent 50 days in Hamas captivity
October 10, 2024, 4:32 pm
Guardian deletes online review that criticises the ‘demonisation’ of Hamas
Journalist Stuart Jeffries writes that CCTV footage in Channel 4's 'One Day in October' shows the terror group members in a bad light on 7 October
By Michelle Rosenberg
Emily and her dad Tom
October 5, 2024, 9:55 pm
Channel 4 to show Hamas attack film
One Day in October will air on October 9
By Jenni Frazer
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