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Palestinian 13-year-old Attempts to Stab Civilian
From the Times of Israel: Palestinian teenager tried to stab a security guard at the entrance to a West Bank settlement on Saturday morning, and was shot dead. The girl, 13,...
Jan 25, 2016
By OU Staff
NCSY Honors Alumni Serving as Lone Soldiers
NCSY Honors Alumni Serving as Lone Soldiers
They may have been lone soldiers, but they were anything but alone. Once an NCSYer, always an NCSYer. Nearly 80 NCSY alumni who are currently serving in the IDF or in...
Jan 21, 2016
By Batya Rosner
Teaching My Son with Asperger’s Syndrome to Forgive Himself
Teaching My Son with Asperger’s Syndrome to Forgive Himself
It is Shabbat afternoon and my son, who has been diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome, kicks our bedroom door until it breaks. We are all trapped in the bedroom— my husband and...
Jan 20, 2016
By Anonymous
Teen Palestinian Arrested for Murder of Dafna Meir
From the Times of Israel: A Palestinian minor suspected of stabbing and killing mother-of-six Dafna Meir at her home in the West Bank settlement of Otniel on Sunday evening was caught...
Jan 19, 2016
By OU Staff
Dafna Meir, Mother of Six, Murdered in Otniel
From The Jerusalem Post: A Palestinian terrorist stabbed Dafna Meir, 38, to death in front of her teenage daughter inside their home in the West Bank settlement of Otniel Sunday evening....
Jan 18, 2016
By OU Staff
Tel Aviv Gunman Killed in Northern Israel
From the Times of Israel: Nashat Milhem, the gunman who killed three Israelis last week in Tel Aviv, was shot and killed by Israeli forces in northern Israel on Friday afternoon....
Jan 8, 2016
By OU Staff
Two Dead in Tel Aviv Shooting
From Ynet: Two people were shot dead and six others wounded in a shooting at a crowded pub on 130 Dizengoff Street in Tel Aviv on Friday afternoon. It is currently...
Jan 1, 2016
By OU Staff
Family of Ezra Schwartz Visit Site Where He Was...
From the JTA: The parents and four siblings of Ezra Schwartz visited the West Bank spot where the American yeshiva student was killed by a Palestinian terrorist. On Sunday, Ruth and...
Dec 29, 2015
By OU Staff
What It Means to Be Israeli
You wanted a certain kind of life so you moved to another part of the world. This is the life you chose. Before you moved here, it was impossible to understand...
Dec 24, 2015
By Tzippora Price
Two Israelis Die in Stabbing Attack by Jaffa Gate
The JTA has the story: Two Israelis injured in a stabbing attack at the Jaffa Gate to Jerusalem’s Old City died from their wounds. The two died in Jerusalem hospitals Wednesday night,...
Dec 23, 2015
By OU Staff

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