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Former hostage throws out first pitch at Fenway as Red Sox host Jewish Heritage Night
Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief
Former hostage Omer Shem Tov throws out the first pitch as the Boston Red Sox mark Jewish Heritage Night at Fenway Park on May 19, 2025. (Screen capture/X)
Former hostage Omer Shem Tov threw out the first pitch as the Boston Red Sox marked Jewish Heritage Night at Fenway Park this evening.
Shem Tov wore a Red Sox jersey with his name on the back and a yellow hostage ribbon on the front along with sneakers inscribed with the phase “Bring them home.”
Omer Shem Tov, who was taken hostage by Hamas on October 7, 2023, and survived 505 days in captivity, throws out the first pitch at Fenway Park on Jewish Heritage Night????️ pic.twitter.com/Dlam3pJzSr
— Gabrielle Starr (@gfstarr1) May 19, 2025
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