Jessica Steinberg, The Times of Israel's culture and lifestyles editor, covers the Sabra scene from south to north and back to the center
Freed hostage Mia Schem attends Elton John AIDS Foundation's 32nd Annual Academy Awards Viewing Party on March 10, 2024, in West Hollywood, California. (Anna Webber / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
Freed hostage Mia Schem, kidnapped on October 7 from the Supernova desert rave, attended Elton John’s party for the Oscars in Los Angeles.
Schem wore a white gown decorated with an oversized yellow rhinestone ribbon pin to raise awareness of the hostages still in Gaza, as she attended the annual 32nd Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Awards Viewing Party.
Schem, a tattoo artist, is still wearing a cast, having been shot in arm during the devastating Hamas attack on October 7. She underwent surgery while being held in Gaza, and was freed during a weeklong truce in November.
Schem and her family are in the US to speak about the remaining hostages, visiting New York, Toronto, and Washington, DC, where she attended US President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address.
Mia Schem (L) attends the Elton John AIDS Foundation’s 32nd Annual Academy Awards Viewing Party on March 10, 2024 in West Hollywood, California (Monica Schipper / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
Help us report truthfully on social media
As a multimedia journalist, my job is to take the quality, fact-based journalism produced by The Times of Israel newsroom and make it accessible across every platform — from Instagram posts to podcasts to short-form videos.
This is how many, especially young people, consume news these days. But misinformation is rampant on social media. Our team at ToI produces accurate, responsible short-form reporting on Israel and the Jewish world.
If you believe in the importance of factual social media journalism, please consider joining our reader support group, The Times of Israel Community. Your financial support is essential to sustain responsible multimedia reporting.
We’re really pleased that you’ve read X Times of Israel articles in the past month.
That’s why we started the Times of Israel - to provide discerning readers like you with must-read coverage of Israel and the Jewish world.
So now we have a request. Unlike other news outlets, we haven’t put up a paywall. But as the journalism we do is costly, we invite readers for whom The Times of Israel has become important to help support our work by joining The Times of Israel Community.
For as little as $6 a month you can help support our quality journalism while enjoying The Times of Israel AD-FREE, as well as accessing exclusive content available only to Times of Israel Community members.
Thank you, David Horovitz, Founding Editor of The Times of Israel
From the Liveblog of
Monday, March 11, 2024
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on Google
