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Rabbi Hayim Leiter performs a bris ceremony in Har Gilo, West Bank, on October 7, 2024.

I realized the depth of my Israeli trauma after rocket exploded while circumcising a baby

By Rabbi Hayim Leiter/JTA

Founder of the Ohr Torah Stone Rabbi Shlomo Riskin, and the founding Chief Rabbi of Efrat, received a lifetime achievement award at the Saad Conference on August 1.

Founding chief rabbi of West Bank's Efrat receives lifetime achievement award

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

A general view of houses in the Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim in the West Bank

Israel to advance plans for 3,000 settler homes after terror attack

By TOVAH LAZAROFF , HANNAH SARISOHN

NEW BEGINNINGS: First day of school, 1983.

Efrat: The story of one of Israel's most unique, successful settlements

Rabbi Shlomo Riskin laid the cornerstone for Efrat in 1980, occupancy began in 1983.

Israeli settlement founder Rabbi Riskin talks 40 years of Efrat

MORDECHAI SPIEGLER of Israel gets entangled with Vietnam's goalkeeper in an international match at the National Stadium, Ramat Gan in 1964.

Grapevine May 31, 2023: A triple-digit age

By GREER FAY CASHMAN

HIZKY SIVAK of the Emek Hefer Regional Council is removed by security personnel from a stormy meeting and vote at the Knesset Finance Committee on the Arnona Fund, last Monday.

The state needs to improve dialogue with the municipalities - opinion

Rabbi Leo Dee is seen speaking at an Israel Remembrance Day ceremony.

Israel Remembrance Day: Rabbi Leo Dee on qualities that must be saved

Efrat Residents standing outside their homes with Israeli flags to show solidarity with the Dee family, following the death of Lucy Dee, who died of her wounds three days after the deadly terror attack that killed her two daughters Rina and Maia, in Efrat, in the West Bank, April 10, 2023.

How Efrat's community will rise out of tragedy to honor a family's legacy - opinion

ONE OF several signs of support for the Dee family created by neighbor Ashira Landau.

Israelis of Gush Etzion help the Dees cope with terror, loss

By Rivkah Lambert Adler

An Israeli flag [Ilustrative]

In wake of heavy loss, Rabbi Leo Dee calls for unity behind Israeli flag

By NOA FEIGENBAUM

Family and friends attend the funeral of Maia and Rina Dee at the Gush Etzion Regional Cemetery in Kfar Etzion on April 9, 2023. The two sisters were killed 2 days ago at a terror attack in the Jordan valley, Their mother, injured in the attack, is still in critical condition.

Thousands attend funeral of terror victims Maia, Rina Dee

By Rivkah Lambert Adler

AFTER THE funeral, a mourner crouches at the grave of six-year-old Yaakov Israel Pally, killed in a car-ramming attack in Jerusalem, earlier this month.

Progressives, liberals alike perpetuate evil with moral ambivalence - opinion

By ARDIE GELDMAN