beautiful little moment from the gold winning performance of Linoy Ashram (🇮🇱) in the individual all around rhythmic gymnastics final at the Tokyo 2020 olympics in 2021

no honey you can't support Hamas and be a fundamentally good person that just doesn't add up

Amit Gabay z"l, 17 years old, was murdered by Hamas terrorists in his home in Kibbutz Re'im, in the brutal attack on the Israeli south on October 7, 2023. Amit was a beloved son, brother, grandson, friend. May he rest in peace.

עמית גבאי ז''ל (28.10.2005-7.10.2023) נרצח בביתו בקיבוץ רעים על ידי מחבלי חמאס ב7 באוקטובר, כ''ב תשרי, תשפ''ד. עמית השאיר אחריו הורים, עדי ונועם, אחות, עופרי, אח, עומר, סבים וחברים. יהי זכרו ברוך. ת.נ.צ.ב.ה.

His close friend, Liam Or, was kidnapped that same day, and freed on November 29. After he was released, he found out that Gabay had been killed. “Gabay, my brother, we’ve been neighbors and best friends since age 0,” Or wrote on social media. “You accompanied me my entire life, from the baby house to kindergarten, school, high school, we were always brothers, there’s no other word.”

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it’s insane to me that people are painting the protestors at columbia and yale as “anti-war.” in fact they are very much pro-war! they have cheered for iranian missiles and hamas rockets, shouted “october 7th will be every day” and “burn tel aviv to the ground.” they don’t want the war to end, they just want the side they support to succeed in killing more jews. absent that, they themselves are happy to harass and physically assault local jews that they can get their hands on.

A Yemenite Habani Family Celebrating the Passover Seder at their New Home in Tel Aviv. April, 1946. Photographer: Zoltan (Zvi) Kluger (1896-1977). לע''מ/GPO

Nurit (Amsalem) Berger z"l, 59 years old, was murdered by a hamas terrorist in her home in Netiv HaAsara in the massacre of October 7th, 2023. On the morning of Oct 7, Nurit was woken up by the noise of rocket barrages. She went to the bathroom, and a terrorist that targeted the Berger family home threw a grenade through the window. She was killed on the spot. Nurit was a beloved wife, mother, daughter, sister and friend. May she rest in peace.

נורית ברגר ז''ל, בת 59, נרצחה בביתה במושב נתיב העשרה על ידי מחבל חמאס במתקפת הטרור האכזרית ב7 לאוקטובר, כ''ב תשרי תשפ''ד. נורית הייתה אישה, אם, בת, אחות וחברה אהובה. יהי זכרה ברוך. ת.נ.צ.ב.ה.

מתוך כתבה של כאן11 על תקיפת המחבל את בית משפחת ברגר.

Paul Gauguin, Human Misery (Misères humaines), Woodcut on Transparent Laid Tissue Paper, 1898–99. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

It’s actually insane how some of you justify your antisemitism. And yes, this time I’m specifically talking about being anti-Israel.

When Israel is attacked by Hamas, it’s their fault for retaliating. When is Israel is attacked by Iran, it’s ok because it’s retaliation. When Israel calls out the UN for being unhelpful, they’re getting what they deserve. When Israel asks the UN to step up, it’s a sad cry for help.

THEY CAN’T ATTACK, THEY CAN’T DEFEND, THEY CAN’T ASK FOR HELP, THEY CAN’T CONDEMN TERRORISTS, WHAT CAN THEY DO?? BE BLOWN TO BITS??? IS THAT WHAT YOU’RE WAITING FOR? WHAT MAKES ISRAEL SO SPECIAL??

It is no coincidence that Israel can’t do anything right and that it houses 7 million Jewish refugees. It’s the oldest excuse in the book. “It’s just the zionists!” Israeli children are children, too. They have no better of a concept of Zionism than you, and yours is scarce. Zionism IS LITERALLY ABOUT JEWS.

Just say you won’t be happy until half the world’s Jews are dead. It’s a lot better to be an antisemite when you’re comfortable with your identity.

mad men, season 7, episode 6 ("The Strategy")

mad men, season 6, episode 11

Aerial View of an Israel Railways Train Riding Along Agricultural Fields, Southern Israel, 2006. Photographer: Moshe Milner/לע"מ GPO

Yehoshua Hattav z"l, 67 years old, was hit by a rocket on the morning of October 7th, 2023. Hamas and other terrorist organisations in Gaza have fired about 3,000 rockets at Israel in the first hours of October 7th. Yehoshua, who lived in Ashkelon, was on his way home from the synagogue when he was severely injured by a rocket. He survived, with intensive medical care, until the early morning of October 11th, when he died of his injuries at the hospital. Yehoshua was a beloved husband, father, grandfather. May he rest in peace. May his memory be a blessing.

יהושע חטב ז"ל, בן 67 מאשקלון, נפצע קשה מפגיעת רקטה בבוקר ה7 באוקטובר, בדרכו הביתה מבית הכנסת. נפטר מפציעתו בבית החולים ב11 באוקטובר, כ״ו תשרי, תשפ״ד. הותיר אחריו אישה, שתי בנות, ושבעה נכדים. יהי זכרו ברוך. ת.נ.צ.ב.ה.

The Jerusalem Post's frontpage to mark six months since the October 7 pogrom. May the victims' memories forever be a blessing.

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The Western Wall, Jerusalem, 1870s. Photographer: Maison Bonfils

Karina Pritika z"l, 23 years old, was murdered by hamas terrorists in the Re'im music festival massacre in the south of Israel, on October 7th, 2023. Karina was a beloved daughter, sister, granddaughter. May she rest in peace.

קארינה פריטיקה ז''ל (27.2.2000-7.10.2023) מאריאל, נרצחה על ידי מחבלי חמאס בטבח במסיבת הטבע נובה ליד רעים בכ''ב תשרי, תשפ''ד. קארינה הייתה בת, אחות, ונכדה אהובה. יהי זכרה ברוך. ת.נ.צ.ב.ה.