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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 477

Rachelle Fraenkel

Eyal Yifrah, 19, Gilad Shaer, 16, and Naftali Fraenkel, 16, the three Israeli teenagers who were kidnapped on June 12, 2014 and whose bodies were found on June 30, 2014. (IDF/AP)
August 30, 2020, 3:50 pm
Families of 3 teens murdered in 2014 sue Hamas for over NIS 500 million
Relatives of Naftali Fraenkel, Gil-ad Shaar and Eyal Yifrach say they are bringing the action to block the transfer of cash from the Palestinian Authority to the terror group
By ToI Staff
The women's siyum HaShas in the Jerusalem Convention Center on January 5, 2020 (Courtesy)
January 6, 2020, 2:04 pm
In Jerusalem, the world of Talmud study fetes its newest superstars — women
An event marks the culmination of a 7.5-year daily gemara cycle — and a crescendo in decades of efforts by teachers to wrest Jewish texts from men’s-only clubs
By Marissa Newman
Rachelle Fraenkel, mother of Jewish teenager Naftali Fraenkel who was kidnapped and murdered earlier this summer, seen during an interview, in Nof Ayalon, central Israel, on December 18, 2014. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
June 30, 2019, 4:13 am
Devotion to Jewish learning, not tragedy, defines mother of slain teen
Five years after losing her son Naftali in a terror kidnapping and murder that shocked the nation, Rachelle Fraenkel completes program that makes her an expert on Jewish law
By Beth Kissileff
The last shot Beresheet sent of landing before crashing onto the moon's surface, April 11, 2019. (YouTube screenshot)
April 15, 2019, 4:14 pm
SpaceIL chairman and co-founder to light Independence Day torch
Morris Kahn and Kfir Damari will receive honor during ceremony on May 8 for promoting tech education and encouraging innovation
By ToI Staff
Eyal Yifrah, 19, Gilad Shaer, 16, and Naftali Fraenkel, 16, the three Israeli teenagers who were kidnapped on June 12, 2014 and whose bodies were found on June 30, 2014. (IDF/AP)
April 14, 2019, 11:00 pm
Mothers of three Israeli teens slain in 2014 to light Independence Day torch
Minister Miri Regev announces Iris Yifrach, Bat-Galim Shaer and Racheli Fraenkel will receive honor during ceremony on May 8
By ToI Staff
Racheli Fraenkel, mother of Jewish teenager Naftali Fraenkel who was kidnapped and murdered by Hamas terrorists in June 2014, on December 18, 2014. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
July 3, 2018, 1:30 pm
US judge says murdered Israeli teen’s family ‘took risk by living in West Bank’
Appeals court orders judge to reconsider her ruling on petition by Naftali Fraenkel’s parents to sue Iran, Syria for compensation for 2014 Hamas-linked murder of son
By Sue Surkes
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Reuven Rivlin attend a ceremony marking one year since Operation Protective Edge at the Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem on July 6, 2015.(Haim Zach/GPO)
July 7, 2015, 3:00 pm
A year on, saluting Israel’s fallen
The Hebrew press marks the anniversary of the Gaza summer war, while viewing the Iran deal as being as good as signed
By Marissa Newman
40,000 people gather at Rabin Square, Tel Aviv for the "Remembering the Murder, Fighting for Democracy" rally commemorating the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin on November 8, 2014. (Photo credit: The Coalition of Remembering the Murder, Fighting for Democracy)
November 8, 2014, 9:38 pm
Uproot violence, Rivlin urges 40,000 at Rabin rally
President exhorts crowd of mainly youth movement members, including Arab youngsters, to embrace shared core values
By ToI Staff
Families of the three kidnapped and murdered teens, Gilad Shaar, Naftali Fraenkel, and Eyal Yifrach, attend the annual Bible Study Club hosted by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Education Minister Shai Piron, at the Prime Minister's Jerusalem residence on October 5, 2014. (photo credit: Marc Israel Sellem/POOL)
October 7, 2014, 5:30 am
Parents of 3 slain teens join Netanyahu for Bible study
Continuing tradition started by Ben-Gurion, PM hosts session at his Jerusalem residence
By JTA
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, listens to cabinet secretary Avichai Mendelblit during a special cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on September 23, 2014. (photo credit: AFP PHOTO/POOL/GALI TIBBON)
September 23, 2014, 12:50 pm
Families, politicians praise killing of kidnapping suspects
Mother of Naftali Fraenkel says she is glad the two were not captured alive; Netanyahu vows to ‘continue hitting terror’
By ToI Staff
An Iron Dome missile defense battery set up near the southern Israeli town of Ashdod fires an intercepting missile on July 16, 2014 (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)
July 17, 2014, 8:47 pm
The tragic self-delusion behind the Hamas war
In the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, weakness is power, and power — well, it’s complicated
By Haviv Rettig Gur
The Fraenkel family reciting kaddish at the funeral for their son Naftali on Tuesday. (Screen credit: Channel 2)
July 7, 2014, 10:06 pm
Bereaved mother offers condolences to slain Arab teen’s family
After Jewish suspects reenact murder of Muhammed Abu Khdeir, Rachelle Fraenkel says she is distressed by immoral ‘shedding of innocent blood’
By ToI Staff
Rachelle Fraenkel crying over the body of her son Naftali at his funeral, July 2014 (photo credit: Flash90)
July 6, 2014, 10:40 pm
Slain Israeli teen’s uncle consoles murdered Palestinian’s father
Yishai Fraenkel calls Hussein Abu Khdeir to offer condolences; two Palestinians pay visit to Fraenkel home
By ToI Staff
Rachelle Fraenkel, mother of one of the kidnapped Israeli teens, speaks to CNN. (screen capture: CNN)
June 30, 2014, 5:43 am
Argentine Jewish leaders visit parents of Naftali Fraenkel
AMIA delegation in Israel marking 20 years since terror attack that claimed 85 lives
By JTA
Iris Yifrach, mother of kidnapped Jewish teenager Eyal Yifrach, speaks during a rally calling for the release of three Jewish teenagers -- Yifrach, Gil-ad Shaar and Naftali Fraenkel -- in Tel Aviv, Sunday, June 29, 2014. (Photo credit: Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
June 29, 2014, 11:11 pm
Tens of thousands rally in Tel Aviv for kidnapped teens
Emcee praises supporters for putting aside differences, but one woman says it’s a ‘shame more secular people don’t come’
By Melanie Lidman
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