The October 7 image of Shiri Bibas captured the essence of that dark day and the contrast between its two sides: a horrified and fiercely protective Jewish mother shielding her beautiful children from the rampaging Hamas monsters lacking even a shred of humanity.
For 500 days we hoped that the joyous innocence of Ariel and Kfir would overcome the darkness of their captors, but only because we continue to naively underestimate the depths of Hamas’ depravity and hatred of anything human, as further demonstrated by their diabolical separation of the children from their mother.
Peace will come with moral clarity, when the world recognizes and upholds the human side of this conflict and erases the utter wickedness of the unrepentant promoters and celebrants of evil.
We share in the grief of the Bibas and Lifshitz families and we continue to pray for Shiri, the other remaining hostages and their families.
Mitchel Aeder
President
Rabbi Moshe Hauer
Executive Vice President
Rabbi Dr. Josh Joseph
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
