FALLEN SOLDIERS|VICTIMS OF TERROR

WE REMEMBER -- A HOSTAGE'S BODY RETURNED HOME

Dror Or, 48, of Kibbutz Be’eri

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MAY HIS MEMORY BE FOR A BLESSING

ISRAELI INNOVATION

Save A Child's Heart marks its 8,000th cardiac surgery. Click on the picture below to learn more about the children from more than 75 countries who have been saved by this outstanding organization over the past 30 years.

Doctors at Rabin Medical Center have made a major breakthrough in the treatment of blood cancer through using patients' own cells to attack blood cancer cells. The first three patients to undergo the procedure were discharged as planned.

Innovation through resilience: even in the most difficult of years, Israel continues to build and find ways to heal, protect, and sustain life.⁠ Click on the picture below to see Israeli innovations

THIS WEEK IN ISRAEL

With the official launch of the Isaac Accords by Argentina’s President Javier Milei, Israel aims to expand its diplomatic and security ties across Latin America. The initiative is designed to promote government cooperation and fight antisemitism and terrorism.

A recent study shows rising support among Israeli Arabs for coalition participation. Despite a range of challenges within the Israeli-Arab community, 73.4% of respondents reported that their personal economic situation is relatively good

Two Israelis were stabbed in a terrorist attack on Tuesday morning at the entrance to the community of Ateret. Medical teams reported that both victims sustained light injuries and were treated at the scene by Magen David Adom. According to local security officials, a much larger attack was prevented thanks to an alert civilian. 

Iran has funneled over a billion dollars to Hezbollah this year through financial networks operating out of the United Arab Emirates, one of Israel’s peace partners, according to figures cited by the US Treasury Department and reported by the Wall Street Journal.

The Israeli national kickboxing team returned from the World Kickboxing Championships in Abu Dhabi with seven medals, marking one of the delegation’s most successful international outings to date. 

Hillary Clinton says the divide in the US on Israel is generational, not partisan, with younger Americans shifting away from the Jewish state in droves – in part due to social media.

Israelis lined the highway in the Eshkol region as a coffin potentially containing the remains of one of the two remaining hostages in Gaza, escorted by the IDF, arrives at the National Institute of Forensic Medicine at Abu Kabir for identification. Israel's Public Health Service is in constant contact with the families of the final two victims, the PMO confirmed.

Released hostage Edan Alexander has once again donned his IDF uniform and announced: 'I intend to give the terrorists in Gaza hell like they did to me.'

OF INTEREST TO RABBIS

If you missed this important column by ZRC Board member Nolan Lebovitz in Tablet, “The End of Jewish Denominations”: Forget Orthodox, Conservative, and Reform. After Oct. 7, only one label matters,

The U.S. House of Representatives voted unanimously on Monday to approve legislation, titled the “No Immigration Benefits for Hamas Terrorists Act of 2025,” barring anyone connected to Hamas’ October 7, 2023 massacre from entering or immigrating to the United States. The move marks a rare moment of bipartisan unity on an issue related to Israel

Click on the picture below to watch former hostage Agam Berger play Hatikvah

before a Berlin audience. A hero in every sense, Berger performed “Hatikvah” at the opening of Jüdische Kulturtage. She is a symbol of the indomitable spirit of the Jewish people.

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