Keith Siegel, Yarden Bibas, Ofer Kalderon released from Gaza in smooth handovers
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A South Carolina rabbi’s Holocaust memorial speech was pulled from public TV for being too ‘political’
Rabbi Sam Rose had used his speech to inveigh against refugee, LGBTQ and book-ban policies
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‘I’m not waiting until they come to round us up’: Transgender Jews and their families search for safety as Trump takes aim at their rights
One transgender Jew described the situation as “like 1930s Germany all over again.”
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In Gadi Mozes, the octogenarian freed from Gaza, Israelis see an icon of their country’s hardy ‘kibbutznik’ spirit
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Jewish women are braiding challah and hair to mark the release of Israeli hostage Agam Berger
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8 hostages return to Israel following chaotic scenes in Gaza
Israeli officials says they are delaying the release of Palestinian prisoners until Hamas can assure them future hostages will be freed safely
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