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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 376

Deborah Danan

Deborah Danan

Friends and family of the victims of the Nova music festival massacre gather at the site of the massacre in southern Israel one year after the attack, October 7, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 7, 2024, 11:55 pm
Oct. 7 ceremonies across Israel see mix of searing grief, political tensions
One year after massacre, several major and countless smaller ceremonies take place, as the country grapples with grim anniversary at same time as ongoing war and internal division
By Deborah Danan
Illustrative: European diplomats visit the largely-empty city of Kiryat Shmona, July 11, 2024. (Lazar Berman/Times of Israel)
October 3, 2024, 4:04 pm
Israel’s 68,000 evacuees mark the Jewish new year wondering when they will return home
In the year since the Oct. 7 massacre, near-daily attacks by Hezbollah have left the lives of displaced northern residents in limbo. And now the conflict is intensifying
By Deborah Danan
Rabba Anat Sharbat leads Selihot services in Tel Aviv's Hostages Square, Sept. 22, 2024. (Courtesy Anat Sharbat/via JTA)
September 28, 2024, 8:53 am
From Hostages Square, pre-High Holiday prayers aim to transcend political rifts
As rallies to free the captives become synonymous with anti-government protests, an evening of Selichot at the Tel Aviv square seeks to de-politicize the cause, create inclusive space
By Deborah Danan
Shira Ben-Sasson, a founder of the Hakhel synagogue in Jerusalem, lights a candle in memory of congregant and slain hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin, September 1, 2024. (Deborah Danan)
September 2, 2024, 11:03 am
In Jerusalem, hundreds gather to grieve slain ‘child of light’ Hersh Goldberg-Polin
Family, friends and fellow immigrants express sadness over death, hail mother for tireless advocacy; Israelis to line streets in salute for funeral
By Jessica Steinberg, JTA and Deborah Danan
Ziv, a military reservist who expects to be called up again and who lost a friend at the Nova massacre, skates to relax. (Deborah Danan/ JTA)
August 6, 2024, 10:31 am
Israelis navigate normal life amid danger and anxiety from war and Iranian threat
Daily routine continues amid a multifront conflict that’s affected major population centers since October 7, as locals live with the ‘new normal’ even while new dangers loom
By Deborah Danan
Noor Ibrahim, Rena Ibrahim and Tulei Abu Jabal (left to right), cousins of one of the victims, at a memorial to those killed in the July 27 attack on Majdal Shams. (Deborah Danan/JTA)
August 2, 2024, 8:49 am
In Majdal Shams, neighbors embrace Druze mourning children killed in rocket attack
Residents say they’ve felt an outpouring of love and support as Israelis have collectively grieved the 12 dead kids, speaking of the strike as a national tragedy
By Deborah Danan
A woman looks out the window at the Yirmiyahu33 complex, home to Israel's first hotel for women and couples who have experienced stillbirth. (Courtesy: Yad Sarah via JTA)
July 7, 2024, 8:00 am
In Jerusalem, a unique hotel offers respite for women who have experienced stillbirth
To help couples cope with an unbearable loss few understand, a facility billing itself as the first of its kind provides dining, spa amenities and mental and emotional support
By Deborah Danan
Or, a solider fighting in Gaza, displays a seder plate he found in the territory. (Courtesy via JTA)
July 6, 2024, 8:52 am
Israeli soldiers are finding Judaica in Gaza — and trying to locate the items’ owners
A seder plate, Hanukkah menorahs and other ritual objects have been discovered during the IDF’s ongoing ground incursion in the Strip, raising a legal and moral dilemma for troops
By Deborah Danan
Thousands attend a party in Tel Aviv in memory of the victims murdered at the Reim-area Nova festival by Hamas terrorists on October 7, in Tel Aviv, June 27, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 29, 2024, 4:00 pm
‘We will dance again’: First Nova party since Oct. 7 draws revelers, survivors
‘Healing concert’ in Tel Aviv brings 40,000-strong motley crew of trance lovers, bereaved mothers; partiers discuss trauma, show tattoos commemorating massacre, fallen loved ones
By Deborah Danan
File - Protesters block the exit of Ashdod port to stop trucks they claim are carrying humanitarian aid destined for the Gaza Strip, in Ashdod, February 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
May 22, 2024, 11:50 am
After activist attacks on Gaza aid trucks, some Israelis step in to guard convoys
Video of supplies being vandalized encourages anti-war group Standing Together to protect shipments: ‘We cannot allow these lunatics to operate in broad daylight’
By Deborah Danan
A muted Independence Day celebration at Zichron Baruch synagogue in Tel Aviv went on, leaders said, because of a religious obligation to mark the holiday, May 13, 2024. (Deborah Danan/JTA)
May 14, 2024, 7:53 pm
Amid war and infighting, Israelis hit pause on Independence Day festivities
The Oct. 7 Hamas atrocities cast a shadow over the holiday as citizens decline to celebrate while many of their countrymen are in mourning or have relatives held hostage in Gaza
By Deborah Danan
Liat Beinin Atzili, who was released after being held hostage by the Hamas terror group following the October 7 onslaught, speaks as Israelis gather for a Passover ceremony and to call for the immediate release of the remaining hostages, on Kibbutz Nir Oz, April 11, 2024. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP)
April 21, 2024, 4:21 pm
For many Israelis this Passover, celebrating the Festival of Freedom feels impossible
The first major holiday since the devastating Oct. 7 massacre will be marked by some with an empty seat at the seder table in honor of the many hostages still held in Gaza
By Deborah Danan
Mira Talalayevsky was 2 when her mother fled with her from the Nazis in Kyiv. On October 8, 2023, a Hamas rocket destroyed her apartment in Ashkelon, Israel. (Photo by Mishel Amzallag, courtesy International Fellowship of Jews and Christians)
January 27, 2024, 10:23 pm
Holocaust survivors relive past horrors as they recount Oct. 7 experiences
Several Jews who survived WWII were caught in the carnage of the Hamas massacre. They say they have an important perspective to share, though they don’t all believe the same things
By Deborah Danan
The Benichou family moved from Marseilles, France, earlier than planned because of antisemitism they experienced after the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attacks. (Courtesy: Benichou family/ via JTA)
December 23, 2023, 2:15 pm
‘The safest place to be Jewish’: 2,600 people have moved to Israel since Hamas invaded
New arrivals cite incidents of being spat on, bullied, and general rise in antisemitism; many had intended to make aliya and accelerated plans; authorities predict many more to come
By Deborah Danan
A Birthright Israel group exploring the desert. (Sarah Kornbluh)
December 19, 2023, 3:59 am
Birthright to resume free trips to Israel for first time since October 7 Hamas attack
Around 350 students and young adults primarily from US are expected to travel to Israel beginning in early January
By Deborah Danan
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