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 Walking among teddy bears representing children held captive in Gaza, in Tel Aviv’s Dizengoff Square, Oct. 29.

Merit Spread drives NIS 200m. in global donations for war-related projects

 Floyd Mayweather's proposed van for his charity project for Israeli orphans is shown in this screenshot from his social media post on December 8, 2024.

Floyd Mayweather launches charity to support Israeli orphans

 Sunflower Association Center in Jisr az-Zarqa

Orphaned by violence: Amna Aash’s journey with the Sunflower Association

 Tami Shelach and Shlomi Nahumson, December 2023.

Shlomi Nahumson and Tami Shelach: Leading the IDF Widows and Orphans Organization

 SHIRA GRINBERG and her beloved father, Amotz.

Shira Grinberg’s journey of loss, resilience, and hope

By Ronnie Rosenman
PM's wife Sara Netanyahu meeting with IDF widows and orphans

Sara Netanyahu honors IDF widows in emotional meeting

 IDF soldiers operate in the Gaza Strip, June 4, 2024

International Widows Day: The wives and children of the IDF’s fallen soldiers

IDF Widows & Orphans Org. CEO Shlomi Nahumson seen at the Jerusalem Post Annual Conference in New York, June 3, 2024

IDF Widows and Orphans org. receives award at the Jerusalem Post annual Conference

 Pedaya Mark z”l (circled on top) and his counselor, Shilo Rochwarger z”l (circled below Pedaya) killed on October 7, taken at OneFamily Summer Camp for bereaved children.

For bereaved Israelis, Remembrance Day is hard. OneFamily is standing with them

By ERIC NARROW
 LIOR BEN YAAKOV with his wife, Revital, and their children on a family trip to Vienna a year before the war. After his army service, Lior had worked as a security guard for the Viennese Jewish community for a year and a half, dreaming of taking his kids there one day. ‘We’re lucky we managed to do

Fallen but Not Forgotten: The Legacies of IDF Soldiers Zechariah Haber and Lior Ben Yaakov

 In the image, the picture Dan Asulin (right) and his young daughter visiting his grave.

Israel's Remembrance Day - Supporting those left behind

By david metzler
 Abigail Idan, who was released after being taken hostage during the October 7 attack on Israel by the terrorist group Hamas, smiles on the lap of her aunt Liron at Schneider Children's Medical Center, November 27, 2023.

Emotional clip of orphaned Hamas victim dancing with uncle goes viral

 A house at Kibbutz Nirim burned on October 7 in the Hamas attack.

Orphaned Oct. 7 teen survivor tells media of struggles to rebuild life

 Family and friends of First Class (res.) Ben Zussman mourn at his funeral at the Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem on December 4, 2023, he was killed during a ground operation in the Gaza Strip.

IDF widows of Israel-Hamas war: State help is insufficient

 Israeli children in an Ashkelon bomb shelter, October 8, 2024, just one day after the October 7 massacre.

October orphans: Who cares for Israeli kids whose parents were killed by Hamas?

By SHANNA FULD
 The two orphans who were admitted to the Mishpacha orphanage in Kyiv

Jewish orphanage accepts two siblings from Kyiv suffering from malnutrition

 The streets of Bethlehem were empty two days before Christmas on Friday, December 22, 2023.

Israel moves 70 orphans from Gaza to the West Bank - report

Mishpacha Children’s Home in Odessa cares for 120 Ukrainian Jewish children whose parents either are dead or cannot care for them

Ukraine-Russia War: Odessa Jewish Children’s Home struggles with new challenges

By JTA STAFF