Deborah Danan
(JTA) Gili Okev sits outside his ruined house in Kfar Aza, Israel, a month after Hamas terrorists invaded and killed many of his neighbors. He doesn't know why he was spared. (Deborah Danan)
November 8, 2023, 1:30 pm
1 month after Oct. 7 massacre, the ruins of Kibbutz Kfar Aza testify to its horrors
One month after their bucolic kibbutz turned into a site of carnage, Hanan Dann and Gili Okev returned for a brief visit.
By Deborah Danan
From left: Gad Liebersohn, 21, Yarin Amar, 22 and Yaelle Bonnet, 21 survived the terror attack at the Tribe of Nova party outside Kibbutz Re'im in the Negev desert in southern Israel on October 7. Photos: JTA
October 19, 2023, 2:44 pm
The Supernova festival massacre – in the words of survivors
"The sights I have seen won’t leave my mind for a long time yet. Dancing at a party with friends, and out of nowhere rockets that won’t stop. You get a warning about terrorists driving out. Not a second has gone by and those hundreds of terrorists are shooting at us from every direction."
By Deborah Danan
Dugo Leitner, a survivor of Auschwitz-Birkenau, holds a balloon shaped like the Jewish star that the Nazis forced Jews to wear. Photo: Erez Kaganovitz
April 18, 2023, 12:42 pm
Portraits of Holocaust survivors seeking to reclaim their stories
Twenty-five Holocaust survivors are being featured in a new exhibition titled Humans of the Holocaust, in a display at the German Embassy in Tel Aviv, that has been timed with Yom Hashoah.
By Deborah Danan
Panoramic view of Netanya. Photo 49776727 / Israel © Vvvita | Dreamstime.com
March 23, 2023, 11:24 am
The new exodus
In Israel, 26 per cent of the population are foreign-born. It is a melting pot of cultures and traditions. Yet, currently, thousands of Israelis are booking tickets to leave. Alarmed by their country's political direction, more and more Israelis are seeking to move abroad.
By Deborah Danan
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