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Shiri Bibas’ body returned to Israel; 6 hostages released, last to come home alive under ceasefire’s 1st phase

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Netanyahu says Israel is ‘leveling entire streets used by terrorists’ in West Bank after bus explosions near Tel Aviv

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Red Cross reportedly receives body that, Hamas says, is Shiri Bibas

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Shiri Bibas and her children Kfir and Ariel, redheaded symbols of Israel’s anguish, were killed while held hostage in Gaza, Israel confirms

By Philissa Cramer February 19, 2025 2:02 pm

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2 NYC yeshivas are not meeting standards and must effectively close, state rules

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A pro-Palestinian protest and pro-Israel counterprotest in the heavily Jewish neoghborhood of Borough Park, Brooklyn on Feb. 18, 2025. (Screenshot)

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Brawls break out surrounding pro-Palestinian protest in heavily Jewish neighborhood of Borough Park

By Ben Sales February 19, 2025 9:38 am

A rally marking 500 days since the Oct. 7 attack, held at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv on Feb. 17, 2025. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

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At a Jaffa community center and beyond, tragic news of Bibas family’s fate sparks confusion, mourning and rage

By Deborah Danan February 18, 2025 6:56 pm

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More than 50 NY rabbis implore Eric Adams and Kathy Hochul to oppose mass deportations

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Hamas official says bodies of Bibas family will return to Israel on Thursday

By Ben Sales February 18, 2025 9:52 am

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Shiri Bibas’ body returned to Israel; 6 hostages released, last to come home alive under ceasefire’s 1st phase

Washington University in St. Louis has quietly opened its doors to Jewish students leaving uncomfortable campuses

IDEAS

A Jewish atheist calls out evangelicals for undermining democracy — and Christianity

We couldn’t save the Bibas boys, but we can still choose life

The Bibas family embodied our hope and despair. Where do we turn when hope is dashed?

Eric Adams stands by comparing calls for his resignation to ‘Mein Kampf’

DeSantis appointee to Florida university board under fire for comments about Jews, women

ISRAEL

Netanyahu says Israel is ‘leveling entire streets used by terrorists’ in West Bank after bus explosions near Tel Aviv

Red Cross reportedly receives body that, Hamas says, is Shiri Bibas

IDF: Ariel and Kfir Bibas were murdered by Hamas but 3rd body is not their mother Shiri

Marian Turski, Holocaust survivor and co-founder of Warsaw’s landmark Jewish museum, dies at 98

Shiri Bibas and her children Kfir and Ariel, redheaded symbols of Israel’s anguish, were killed while held hostage in Gaza, Israel confirms

2 NYC yeshivas are not meeting standards and must effectively close, state rules

Brawls break out surrounding pro-Palestinian protest in heavily Jewish neighborhood of Borough Park

At a Jaffa community center and beyond, tragic news of Bibas family’s fate sparks confusion, mourning and rage

More than 50 NY rabbis implore Eric Adams and Kathy Hochul to oppose mass deportations

Hamas official says bodies of Bibas family will return to Israel on Thursday

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