Podcasts about Kibbutz

She was taken from her home at gunpoint. For months, Raz Ben Ami lived as a hostage in Gaza—held captive by Hamas after the brutal October 7th attack on her Kibbutz in Israel. In this deeply personal and harrowing episode, Paul Ronzheimer speaks with Raz about the horrors of her captivity, the psychological toll of being used as a human shield, and the long road back to freedom. How did she survive? What did she see? And what does she want the world to understand about life under the control of Hamas—a group designated as a terrorist organization by the EU, the US, and others? A gripping testimony of resilience from the heart of the conflict. If you like the podcast, don't forget to like and subscribe! Do you have questions, criticism, or topic suggestions? Write to us at ronzheimer@axelspringer.com or use the feedback function on Spotify. Paul on Instagram Paul on X Editorial Team: Filipp Piatov Executive Producer: Daniel van Moll Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alice Shahar, a preschool teacher from Kibbutz Be'eri and a survivor of the October 7th massacre, bravely took on the challenge of helping the kibbutz children heal from their trauma. Along with Elad Pelleg, the former director of Dror Israel's high school for at-risk youth in Tel Aviv, she re-established the kibbutz preschool system at a hotel at the Dead Sea, where the survivors had been evacuated. Together, they led this life-affirming initiative in the kibbutz's temporary residence, in partnership with Dror Israel, one of Israel's largest grassroots educational organizations. Eyal Tarchitzky, an educator from Dror Israel whose family also survived the October 7th massacre in Sderot, shared the deeply moving stories of how Dror Israel's educational collaborations with Kibbutz Be'eri and other evacuated communities nurtured resilience and hope, touching the lives of over 41,000 people from the outbreak of the war to the ongoing rehabilitation efforts in the south and north. Support the show

In this episode of PeaceCast, Maxxe Albert-Deitch is joined by NJN Board members and Habonim Dror leaders Shaina Wasserman and Judah Altman. The conversation delves into the details of how Habonim Dror and New Jewish Narrative are connected, as well as how dialogue, discussion, and youth involvement help shape our broader community. This episode also includes some details about the World Zionist Congress elections and the shifting nature of progressive Zionism across generational lines. More info about Habonim Dror North America- https://www.habonimdror.org/ Learn more about the Hatikvah Slate- https://www.hatikvahslate.net/ Vote in the 2025 WZC elections- https://azm.castiron.votem.net/election/037548cb-4cbb-4a94-aa9a-8aef017d4ddf Shaina Wasserman (she/her) is a proud second generation Habo and a staunch progressive Zionist. Shaina has served as a Jewish professional for over 20 years, including at J Street and Jewish education settings. She currently serves as the Senior Director of Strategic Operations for SRE Network. Shaina is a board member of New Jewish Narrative, Habonim Dror Foundation, American Zionist Movement, and Chair of the HUC School of Education Alumni Association.  Judah Altman is the new Mazkirol or Executive Director of Habonim Dror North America. He grew up in Calgary going to Habonim Dror Camp Miriam in British Columbia and spent a year in Israel on Kibbutz as a participant in Habonim Dror's gap year program Workshop. As a staff member, they were a counselor for three years, led the leadership training program for Camp Miriam in 2021, and served as Education Director of Camp Miriam in 2022. 

Michele Bachmann has long been a friend of The Fellowship—serving on the Board—and of Israel. But what many might not know is that this American and Christian supporter of Israel also once lived in the Holy Land.That's right, after graduating high school, Michele spent time living and working on a kibbutz in the Holy Land. Kibbutz Be'eri, where a young Michele lived, came to the world's attention in the days following the Hamas attacks of October 7, as it was the community hit hardest along the Gaza border.Michele stopped by The Fellowship's stage at this year's National Religious Broadcasters (NRB) convention to speak with Bishop Paul Lanier about her time spent living in Israel, how that shaped her faith and her lifework, how that community faced the terror of 10/7, and what Christians like her are doing to stand for Israel today.Join us for this conversation between two Christian friends of Israel, as they discuss the Holy Land of yesterday, today, and tomorrow.For more information on today's episode visit mybiblicalroots.org.And listen to Yael Eckstein and Bishop Lanier on The Chosen People.

MONOLOGUE Trump vs. Zelensky: The Oval Office Smackdown That Shook the World NEWSMAKER Reporter Visits Nova Music Festival and Be'eri Kibbutz, site of October 7th Massacre   Holly Doan, Reporter Publisher of Blacklock's Reporter https://www.blacklocks.ca OPEN LINES THE SOFA CINEFILE Nick Soter reviews the 1972 Academy Award-winning film, "Sounder," the story a family of black sharecroppers in the Depression-plagued south, starring Paul Winfield and Cicely Tyson. THE LIMRIDDLER   Bandage and Gauze   Bandage and gauze to abrasion applied. Side dish for poultry infuses inside. Arugula's nice Adding oil, herbs, and spice. Clothing oneself to show off or to hide. MONOLOGUE Doug Ford's Snap Election: A Cynical Power Grab and a Colossal Waste of Taxpayer Money NEWSMAKER Biggest Winners and Losers from Ontario Election https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6666852   Harrison Faulkner –Independent Journalist Follow Harrison on X - @harry_faulkner STEELHEADS TALK   Brendan Lang play by play announcer and colour commentator for the Brampton Steelheads on Sauga960 AM THERE'S SOMETHING HAPPENING HERE!  Did Ukranian President Zelensky deserve to be 'slapped down' by Trump and Vance? Greg Carrasco, Host of “The Greg Carrasco Show” Saturday morning 8-11am on SAUGA 960AM LIMRIDDLE ANSWER AND WINNERS The Answer to this week's Limriddle was: Dressing The first 5 to answer correctly were: 1. Will McNair, Ottawa, Ontario 2. Sue Somerville, Calgary, Alberta 3. Tracy Bonifacio, Georgetown, Ontario 4. Thomas LeBaron, Haliburton, Ontario 5. Tracie Curtis, Guelph, Ontario Bandage and gauze to abrasion applied. A dressing for a wound may consist of a sterile pad or compress applied directly. The purpose of the dressing is to protect the wound from bacteria, dirt or further contact. Side dish for poultry infuses inside. Turkey dressing, or stuffing, is loaded into the turkey cavity before putting the whole thing in the oven. If done right, some people prefer the dressing to the turkey itself. Arugula's nice Adding oil, herbs, and spice. Salad dressing often consists of some type of vegetable oil combined with various herbs and spices. Arugula, also called rocket or Italian cress, is a cruciferous, leafy, green vegetable and a big hit in salads. Clothing oneself to show off or to hide. Dressing, or clothing (verb) yourself can be done to flaunt your new duds or, alternatively, to hide parts that you don't want the world to see. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ganas is an intentional community founded in 1979 in Tompkinsville, Staten Island that is still active. Is it also a cult? What is an "intentional community" And why was one of the founding members, Jeff Gross, shot and nearly killed (allegedly) by a disgruntled, former member, in 2006?  Visit CrimeWaveatSea.com/SCARED  to claim your fan code in order to register and join us November 3rd-7th, 2025!!! Merch and more: www.badmagicproductions.com Timesuck Discord! https://discord.gg/tqzH89vWant to join the Cult of the Curious PrivateFacebook Group? Go directly to Facebook and search for "Cult of the Curious" to locate whatever happens to be our most current page :)For all merch-related questions/problems: store@badmagicproductions.com (copy and paste)Please rate and subscribe on Apple Podcasts and elsewhere and follow the suck on social media!! @timesuckpodcast on IG and http://www.facebook.com/timesuckpodcastWanna become a Space Lizard? Click here: https://www.patreon.com/timesuckpodcast.Sign up through Patreon, and for $5 a month, you get access to the entire Secret Suck catalog (295 episodes) PLUS the entire catalog of Timesuck, AD FREE. You'll also get 20% off of all regular Timesuck merch PLUS access to exclusive Space Lizard merch.

Fluent Fiction - Hebrew: Eitan's Revelation: A Life-Saving Lesson on the Kibbutz Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.com/he/episode/2025-02-16-23-34-01-he Story Transcript:He: הקיבוץ השקט בצפון ישראל היה עטוף בשדות ירוקים וגבעות מתגלגלות.En: The quiet Kibbutz in northern Israel was surrounded by green fields and rolling hills.He: באותו בוקר חורפי, רוח קלה נשבה בין עצי הזית.En: On that winter morning, a light breeze blew between the olive trees.He: איתן היה בדרכו לעבודה בשדה.En: Eitan was on his way to work in the field.He: הוא אהב את עבודתו עם האדמה.En: He loved his work with the land.He: השדות היו כמו בית שני בשבילו.En: The fields were like a second home to him.He: הוא לא ידע שיום זה יהיה שונה מכל יום אחר.En: He did not know that this day would be different from any other day.He: איתן התחיל לעשב את השדה, אבל משהו לא היה בסדר.En: Eitan started to weed the field, but something was not right.He: הוא חשב שזה רק בגלל הקור.En: He thought it was just because of the cold.He: פתאום, הוא החל להתגרד בעור.En: Suddenly, he began to itch on his skin.He: עיניו התחילו לדמוע והיה לו קשה לנשום.En: His eyes started to water, and he had difficulty breathing.He: איתן הבין שהוא חווה תגובה אלרגית, אבל לא רצה להראות חלש.En: Eitan realized he was experiencing an allergic reaction, but he did not want to appear weak.He: הוא לא פנה לשום עזרה והחליט להמשיך לעבוד.En: He did not seek any help and decided to continue working.He: בינתיים, יעל, האחות של הקיבוץ, הייתה במרפאה, מסדרת את המדפים.En: Meanwhile, Yael, the nurse of the Kibbutz, was in the clinic, organizing the shelves.He: היא תמיד הייתה שם לעזור לכל מי שהיה זקוק לה.En: She was always there to help anyone who needed her.He: יעל שמעה שאיתן עובד קשה בשדה והתפעלה מעבודתו.En: Yael had heard that Eitan was working hard in the field and admired his work.He: כשהגיעה שעת הצהריים והיא לא ראתה את איתן באוכל, היא דאגה והלכה לבדוק מה שלומו.En: When lunchtime came and she did not see Eitan eating, she became worried and went to check on him.He: כשהגיעה לשדה, יעל מצאה את איתן שוכב על הקרקע ומתקשה לנשום.En: When she arrived at the field, Yael found Eitan lying on the ground, struggling to breathe.He: בלי לחשוב פעמיים היא רצה אליו, בעדינות נגעה בכתפו ואמרה: "איתן, אני כאן לעזור.En: Without thinking twice, she ran to him, gently touched his shoulder, and said, "Eitan, I'm here to help."He: " היא קדחה בה כדי להפוך אותו על הגב.En: She rolled him onto his back.He: בתוך תיק קטן שהייתה נושאת עימה, היא מצאה את התרופות הנחוצות.En: In a small bag she carried with her, she found the necessary medications.He: בעזרת ידיים מיומנות היא הזריקה את התרופה שאיתן היה זקוק לה.En: With skilled hands, she administered the injection that Eitan needed.He: אחרי כמה דקות קשות, איתן התחיל לנשום יותר בקלות.En: After a few difficult minutes, Eitan began to breathe more easily.He: הוא פקח את עיניו וראה את יעל מחייכת אליו.En: He opened his eyes and saw Yael smiling at him.He: "תודה, יעל," הוא לחש, עדין חלש.En: "Thank you, Yael," he whispered, still weak.He: יעל עזרה לאיתן לקום ואמרה: "מעתה, כדאי לך לדעת את הגבולות שלך.En: Yael helped Eitan to stand and said, "From now on, it's wise to know your limits.He: תמיד טוב לבקש עזרה.En: It's always good to ask for help."He: " איתן למד לקח חשוב.En: Eitan learned an important lesson.He: הוא הבין שעליו להקשיב לגופו ולא לחשוש לבקש עזרה כשצריך.En: He understood he needed to listen to his body and not be afraid to ask for help when necessary.He: כשחזר לקיבוץ עם יעל, העולם נראה חדש וברור יותר.En: When he returned to the Kibbutz with Yael, the world seemed new and clearer.He: עכשיו הוא ידע שהחוזק האמיתי הוא לדעת למי לפנות כשצריך.En: He now knew that true strength is knowing whom to turn to when needed.He: מאותו יום, איתן נהיה פתוח יותר לשאול ולהתייעץ.En: From that day on, Eitan became more open to asking and consulting.He: בקיבוץ בצפון הארץ, שם הרוח הקרירה הייתה כמו זיכרון רחוק, הוא הבין כמה חשוב לדאוג לעצמנו וליקרים לנו.En: In the Kibbutz in northern Israel, where the cool breeze was like a distant memory, he understood how important it is to take care of ourselves and our loved ones.He: השדות המשיכו לפרוח, ועץ הזית נענע ברכות על על פני הרוח.En: The fields continued to bloom, and the olive tree gently swayed in the wind. Vocabulary Words:quiet: שקטsurrounded: עטוףrolling: מתגלגלותbreeze: רוחolive: זיתweed: לעשבitch: להתגרדallergic: אלרגיתreaction: תגובהclinic: מרפאהorganizing: מסדרתshelves: מדפיםstruggling: מתקשהinjection: הזריקהnecessary: נחוצותadministered: הזריקהlimits: גבולותconsulting: להתייעץcool: קרירהswayed: נענעfields: שדותgently: ברכותmemory: זיכרוןunderstood: הביןstrength: חוזקadmired: התפעלהkneel: קדחהtouch: נגעהweak: חלשrealized: הביןBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/fluent-fiction-hebrew--5818690/support.

Have you ever experienced an instant connection with someone while traveling? In this episode of Transform With Travel, we talk with Salecia Host as part of our Passport To Love series, sharing stories of travelers who fell in love while on the road.In this captivating episode of our Passport to Love series, we follow the incredible journey of Salecia Host, who fell in love during a transformative experience on a Kibbutz in Israel. What started as an instant connection turned into an epic love story spanning multiple continents. After meeting her partner, Salecia and her newfound love embarked on a six-month journey around the world, visiting incredible places and making memories that would shape the rest of their lives.But the adventure didn't stop there. Salecia and her partner lived together in the United States before moving to Finland, and later, China. However, their love faced its biggest challenge during the COVID-19 pandemic when they were separated—Salecia remained in China with her daughter, while her partner and her sons were in Finland. Despite the distance and uncertainty, their bond endured, and they were finally reunited, now living together in the United States.Join us as Salecia opens up about navigating the highs and lows of a love that transcended borders, cultures, and even a global pandemic. She shares her experiences of building a life in different countries, the challenges of long-distance love, and how their relationship has grown stronger through every obstacle.What We Discuss: How Salecia meets her partner on a Kibbutz in Israel in 1998.How travel deepened their connection during a six-month world adventure.Insights into building a relationship across multiple countries and cultures.Moving from the US to Finland to China and back to the US with 3 childrenBeing separated during the pandemic and how they stayed connected as a family.How their love survived long distances and the joy of reuniting after months apart.How their kids have benefited from being raised in countries around the world. Listen now for an inspiring tale of love, resilience, and global adventure that proves true love can endure anything.Thanks To Our Sponsors:AndBeyond: Check out their collection of sustainable & luxurious lodges, camps and itineraries at here -> https://transform-with-travel.captivate.fm/andbeyond Check Out Honeymoons here -> https://transform-with-travel.captivate.fm/honeymoon Connect with Salecia Host:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/matildasunflower/ Boundless Life: https://boundless.life Connect with KellyFollow the Podcast on IG: http://www.instagram.com/transformwithtravel Follow Kelly Tolliday on IG: http://www.instagram.com/kelly.tolliday Transform With Travel Website: https://www.transformwithtravel.co More...

Welcome to the Jew and Gentile Podcast.   Text the Jew and Gentile your comments, questions, concerns (OY!), and news at: 424-444-1948   Donate today:    MUG-ON-A-MUG With your gift of $10 or more to FOI Equip, you to can have your very own Mug-on-a-Mug. Your generous donation helps to expand the important work of teaching the Bible from a Jewish perspective while raising up new FOI volunteers and representatives serving Jewish communities all around the world.   Visit gofoi.org/mug to make your gift today and receive your own Jew and Gentile Podcast Mug-on-a-Mug.   Oy, look at Steve's punim! FROM THE SCRIPTURES Beatitudes (Matthew 5)  FOI Equip Classes:   A Yiddish Journey ARLENE & JEFF BERG FEBRUARY 13   Ever wondered if there's more to the language of the Jewish people than just Hebrew? Meet Yiddish, a unique and captivating language with a story all its own.   In this FOI Equip class, Arlene and Jeff Berg will take you on a journey through the world of Yiddish. Discover its origins, its role in today's world, and why learning a few Yiddish phrases can enrich your life. See how Yiddish has left its mark on the English language and dive into a subject that's rarely explored elsewhere. Seize this opportunity to uncover the depth and charm of Yiddish!   Register at foiequip.org   FOI Resources  Get a free one-year trial subscription to Israel My Glory https://israelmyglory.org/subscribe/ Get Involved with Friends of Israel Gospel Ministry https://www.foi.org/outreach   Chris Katulka's book: Israel Always foi.org/israelalways   Steve Herzig's book: Jewish Culture & Customs foi.org/jcc   Christmas is Jewish Finding Messiah in Christmas christmasisjewish.org   Harbingers Daily https://harbingersdaily.com/ Yiddish Word(s) of the Day Zaftig - Plump

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Es sind dramatische Stunden im Nahen Osten, denn endlich gibt es einen Deal. Die Palästinenser hoffen, dass endlich humanitäre Hilfe in den Gazastreifen gelassen wird. Israel bangt um die Rückkehr der verbliebenen knapp 100 Geisel. Doch die Fronten bleiben verhärtet. Die Eltern des israelischen Friedensaktivisten Maoz Inon wurden am 7. Oktober 2023 in einem Kibbutz von der Hamas ermordet worden. Doch selbst in einer Zeit von Hass und Gewalt wirbt er dafür, das Töten zu beenden und eine gemeinsame Zukunft für beide Völker zu suchen. Maoz Inon appelliert an die Welt, Friedensinitiativen in Israel und Palästina zu unterstützen. Damit die Gewalt langfristig beigelegt und ein nächster Krieg vermieden wird. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A steady flow of IDF soldiers stationed in the area of Gaza use Kibbutz Be'eri's synagogue as their shtiebel. This is a center for prayer gatherings around the clock. On the way to the combat zone, or on the way back, many of the soldiers are inspired to put on tefillin. Yet, for a variety of reasons, their tefillin are not with them or they lack tefillin altogether. Seeing the need for tefillin in the Kibbutz Be'eri synagogue, Emuna Beams financed, prepared and donated two exquisite brand new pairs of tefillin for anyone's use.

Dafna Admati and Yarden Tzemach grew up on Kibbutz Be'eri, one of the communities hit hardest in the attacks of October 7: more than 95 community members were murdered and 30 taken hostage.They describe what happened to their beautiful, idyllic kibbutz on that day and over the past year. To learn more about how you can help with the rebuilding efforts, visit:https://www.rebuildbeeri.org/

Detlef und Assaf berichten weiter von ihrer Solidaritätsreise in Israel. Sie sprechen über die Herausforderungen und Hoffnungen der Menschen vor Ort, die herzliche Gastfreundschaft im Kibbutz und die Auswirkungen der Ereignisse vom 7. Oktober. Freu dich auf emotionale Begegnungen, spannende Einblicke und Geschichten von Solidarität, Überlebenswillen und tiefer spiritueller Verbundenheit, die die Teilnehmerinnen und Teilnehmer […]

This is an excerpt from a patrons-only episode. To hear the full show, plus dozens more like it, visit Patreon.com/LoveMessagePod. We start this patrons episode with a tribute to Phil Cohen, a colleague of Jem and Tim's at UEL and a fellow traveller to the Birmingham cultural studies writers discussed in this episode. From there we pick up where we left off in our reading of the seminal edited collection ‘Resistance Through Rituals'. Tim and Jem cover the two ethnographies of 70s drug use found in the book - weed and acid if you're wondering - before rolling on to a disappointed essay on the Commune movement. We hear about Tim's experience on a Kibbutz, The Farm and a funky cut from YES. Later in the episode we examine two excellent pieces from the collection: Dick Hebdige on Reggae, Rastas and Rudis; and Ian Chambers on the Racial Politics of Rock'n'Roll. Next time we'll be completing our journey through the book with chapters on youth fashion, criminality and more, and taking a deep look at the weighty theoretical introduction. Produced by Matt Huxley. Tracklist: Yes - Yours is No Disgrace  The Farm Band - Loving YouBob Marley and the Wailers - Duppy Conqueror Big Joe Turner - Shake Rattle and Roll

Members of Kibbutz Be'eri, which was tragically invaded by Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023, share their harrowing stories and recount their journey of survival, resilience, and strength in the aftermath of that tragic day, at Temple Beth Am, Los Angeles, November 16, 2024. Introduced by TBA Member/Regional ADL Director Jeffrey Abrams. (Youtube)

Qual è il senso della memoria? Quale il miglior modo di ricordare una immane tragedia? I sopravvissuti all'Olocausto ci hanno messo anni per raccontare la loro esperienza. Ad un anno dal massacro del 7 ottobre, la comunità del Kibbutz Be'eri, uno dei più colpiti nella strage, si sta interrogando se e come ricordare la tragedia che è ancora in corso, dal momento che suoi membri sono ancora a Gaza come ostaggi. Ad un anno, le case sono ancora distrutte e la puzza di bruciato è viva. Come il suono delle sirene, il rumore delle esplosioni e il fumo dei bombardamenti che si vedono a pochi chilometri di distanza. Un promemoria continuo. Ha senso un museo della strage? Come si onora il ricordo delle vittime? La ferita è ancora troppo sanguinante e la comunità, una delle più progressiste, da sempre vicina anche a coloro che quella strage l'hanno compiuta, è divisa su questi temi e sparpagliata lontana dal Kibbutz. Che non sa ancora che aspetto avrà a venire. Con le testimonianze di Nili Bar-Sinai, Danny Majzner, Alon Pauker, Avi Sefar. E le voci di Daniele Furlon, Giuseppe Picciano, Kristian Fabbri e Marianna Delle Vedove.

"I want to show the word that you can choose light . . . no matter how much dark you saw, or what's going on in Israel now, or what's going on in the world, there's still a choice.” As we mark one year since Hamas' massacre of Israelis, Israeli DJ Daniel Vaknin, 30, shares his harrowing experience from the Nova Music Festival, where 340 attendees were brutally murdered in the deadliest event in music history.  Vaknin recounts the chaos as rockets from Gaza struck, triggering a desperate evacuation and his narrow escape while being shot at, taking refuge in nearby Kibbutz Sa'ad at the home of an 88-year-old Holocaust survivor. Vaknin highlights the incredible resilience of the Israeli people and the pressing need for global support to bring the hostages home. *The views and opinions expressed by guests do not necessarily reflect the views or position of AJC. Listen – AJC Podcasts: The Forgotten Exodus: with Hen Mazzig, Einat Admony, and more. People of the Pod:  Is Nasrallah's Death a Game-Changer? Matthew Levitt Breaks What's at Stake for Israel, Iran, and Hezbollah At the UN General Assembly: Jason Isaacson Highlights Israel's Challenges and the Fight Against Antisemitism From Rocket Attacks to Exploding Pagers: Michael Oren on Escalating Tensions Between Israel and Hezbollah Paris 2024: 2 Proud Jewish Paralympians on How Sports Unites Athletes Amid Antisemitism Follow People of the Pod on your favorite podcast app, and learn more at AJC.org/PeopleofthePod You can reach us at: peopleofthepod@ajc.org If you've appreciated this episode, please be sure to tell your friends, and rate and review us on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. __ Transcript of Interview with Daniel Vaknin: Manya Brachear Pashman Daniel Vaknin is a 30-year old Israeli DJ and music event producer. He was not one of the DJs responsible for the soundtrack of the Nova Festival on October 7. He was there as a fan seeking a fun weekend. He arrived less than half an hour before Hamas terrorists stormed the border between Israel and Gaza, killing more than 1,200 people, including more than 300 at the music festival.  Vaknin managed to survive, but since that day, he has dedicated his time to advocating for the hostages still in captivity. As we marked one year this week since the Hamas terror attacks, Daniel is with us now to share the story of his harrowing escape.  Daniel, welcome to People of the Pod.  Daniel Vaknin:  Thank you for having me. Manya Brachear Pashman I can't imagine, I don't want to imagine being at a music festival like Lollapalooza for example and it all coming to a sudden and terrifying end. But I think it's important for us to put ourselves in your shoes. Can you take us back to the Nova Festival that morning?  Daniel Vaknin:   So for me, the Nova festival, it's not only the Nova. It's the festival of the trance (with a c) music festivals. It symbolizes and it represents love. It's supposed to represent the connection to the nature it's supposed to represent our connection, no judgment, happiness, joyful, of course, at the end of the day, it's an amazing community of fans of specific genre of music that looking for more and more festivals and more and more events to enjoy, to celebrate, to dance, to express yourself in so many ways. So people think that the festivals or the trance (with a c) music, supposed to be about music, but it's not. When you go to this kind of festival, to this kind of event, you can walk around and people open up their tents and camps, and they're like way before they plan everything, and they bring their most colorful clothes, and they bring so much food and drinks. And you can really go through the sta;ls and see art and paints and clothes that you can buy and bags that people sell or made by themselves and want to express themselves. People are dancing, it's a festival. I think that's exactly the description that you're supposed to have when you ask Google, what is a festival?  So it's not only about music. There's so many things in it, and that's what it represents for us, and that's what it represents for me, because not all the time I'm going only to dance. Sometimes I just want to hang out. Sometimes I just want to see new stuff, buy some stuff, and express myself with different people, to meet new people. Manya Brachear Pashman: Why did it take place on the Gaza envelope? Was it always in that field? Daniel Vaknin:  So for the people that don't live in Israel, and I'm not saying it in a bad way. I'm just saying in general. I want you to know. I want you to understand. I work in the music industry, in the music production for almost 12 years. To make an event in Israel, unfortunately, Israel is a small country. Where it's a blessing and a curse, because it's a small country and everyone is together, but unfortunately, we don't have a lot of space. And we have a lot of borders, and that's okay. So 70% of Israel's open space, open fields, are military training. You cannot enter or make any kind of events in almost 70% of the country of the open fields, because the military is training there. And it's like you cannot. It's like high called area 51 that you got here, United States, nobody can enter, right? So that's why we got there. And let's say, and again, what I'm saying right now, it can be a percentage here, a percentage there, but let's say 30% that we got left it's or near borders, Lebanon, up north. We got Syria, we got Jordan, we got Egypt, and now we got Gaza.  And not only that, it means that we got people that owns the lands and maybe doesn't want festivals around their houses, their farms. They don't want you to interrupt the quiet that they have next to their kibbutzim, or, you know, their families, and let's say, even more than that, some of the areas are not proper to have festivals. Like maybe it's too muddy, maybe it's too grassy, maybe it's forest. Maybe the country, the government there's like, I don't know you call it here, but we have this company. Or maybe it's not the right word, that take care of all the trees and all the forests in Israel, like the government official. And they don't want you to make festivals, because they want to take care of the lands, or they're taking care of the lands right now, or the farms.  So it happened near Gaza only because of one reason. It's Israel. As long as it's Israel, as long as it's a place that's called Israel, that's a land of our country, I can make parties wherever I want, as long as it's called Israel. It was near Gaza, because the kibbutzim is near Gaza.  It's like to ask Sarah Jackson, the Holocaust survivor that host me while I was escaping, why she is living in Kibbutz Sa'ad next to the border, 2.5 miles. If you ask her, that's her house, that's her home for 50 years, even before Gaza. So I think to explain the best way is that I cannot ask you why you're doing in your balcony a party, because that's yours. Once you're out of your balcony, and that's not your property, I can ask you why you decide, or why you chose to do this. But I think as long as my property, it's Israel. Manya Brachear Pashman: There was also a ceasefire in place, and therefore a reasonable sense of confidence that it would remain peaceful and safe.  Daniel Vaknin:  Yes,right. So all this time we have a ceasefire. Everybody knows about it, and I won't tell you that once every three months, every five months, we're going to have a one missile launch from Gaza, and that's okay, you know, in the circumstances, because we have the Iron Dome, and we understand that sometimes it cannot be so peaceful, because things happen. But we have our military, we have our fences, we have our Iron Dome that costs Israel so much money. Every missile, every this kind of huge operation, costs a fortune, and we do the best we can to defend the country without interrupting the peace. So yeah, it was quiet and peaceful. Manya Brachear Pashman: So let's talk about that day and when that piece was broken for you, where were you? And you mentioned the person who gave you shelter when you escaped. Can you kind of walk us through the events of October 7 for you? Daniel Vaknin:  October 7 for me, started again a little bit before, because this festival was supposed to start on October 6, 10pm. And was supposed to be one of the biggest festivals that happened, and a good friend of mine was supposed to go. I didn't mean to go because I was supposed to work, and my girlfriend was working there as a bartender, and she arrived with my roommate (back then) around 2am. And both of them called me, and before they left the house, they told me, like, you have to come, if you're not working, I want you to come.  And you know, when your girlfriend, your amazing friend and roommate, ask you to come, you do the best you can to make it happen. And I had a ticket from a good friend of mine, and then we plan to go around 5am to head to the party, and I pick up my friend Ilya, and we headed to the party, and we arrived to the parking lot at around six in the morning. So I know that everybody knows the details right now.  So everybody knows that 29 minutes from now, my life's going to be changed forever. But the most important thing is that when people when I'm talking about it, I think what's important for me is that people need to understand that now you know the details, but we didn't know. We always have this amazing feeling above our heads. We always had this blessing that we're coming for the best festival ever, and everything gonna be amazing.  I want people to understand it, to realize that we didn't had any attention or thinking about something else besides having the best time. So we arrived at the parking lot, we parked a car, and we had it towards the festival, and good friends of ours was coming outside of the party to go to the car, to bring some stuff, and we're so happy. And we hugged, and we had a great time talking, like, really, what's going on in the festival? We're so excited to go inside and see. And then it was the first second that we heard a whistle, and this whistle was a missile launches from Gaza to Israel, and there's no red alert. So we freaked out, of course, but I like to say that it's not a routine in Israel. I don't want to say it's a routine, but it's not something that didn't happen, missile launches from Gaza, or missile launches from somewhere, and the party is still on, because we got the Iron Dome. You stop the music for a second, you take over, it's done, and you go back to party. And it's not the first time, but this time wasn't the same.  This time was a barrage of missiles launches from Gaza every second, hundreds of missiles just launches. So the party was over, and someone announced that we need to evacuate. And the party is not coming back. Because people were waiting. And he said, like guys, you have to evacuate. The party's not going on. Leave the perimeter, evacuate, go home.  And I saw the opportunity of going back home, fast as I can, not because we want to run from the missiles, only because we realize it's going to be a traffic jam, right? So we saw, like, so many cars, and we're like, next to our car. And we said, Okay, let's go home like the car is right here. Let's go. And I called my girlfriend and she said, like, Daniel, don't come. The party is done. I was like, That's too late. I'm right here. And I told like, Babe, I'm going to pick you up. So go out.  So I jumped back to the car, and we pick up my girlfriend, and we headed home. And at the same time, we're having a FaceTime with a good friend of mine from Israel. He was still in Tel Aviv. Was supposed to come to the party, but he woke up really late, so. We had a FaceTime, and we talked about what's going on, and we laughed about it, right? Like it was breaking news, a missile start and Nova festival is done. Are you coming back home? We're like, Yeah, we're coming to Tel Aviv. What a bummer. We want to have a great party.  So we started head back home, and that was the moment that we on this route 232, making our way back home, and a police officer stopped us and signaled us to U turn, like we cannot go that way. And he asked us to U turn. And I want you to understand it that all this time, you have unstoppable missiles. The Red Alert is above your head all the time. The missiles is just hitting the ground.  You can see so many cars stopping, people running, people sitting next to their car, smoking a cigarette, drinking something. And that's another thing that people need to know. People just finished an amazing festival in a second, they were drunk, they were high, and scared. We cannot forget it, that not anyone can handle this kind of situation smoothly, and you don't know where to go, right?  Because the police officers, and it's really important for me, I'm not blaming them, I'm just saying they didn't know as well. So they stopped us no matter where we go. They asked us to stop here, to stop there, and we cannot go towards this way or that way. So my oldest brother called me and he asked me, What's going on. He knew that I will be in this kind of festival, and I told her, we gotta stop next to one of the kibbutzim to find a bomb shelter, because we have to hide. You cannot stay in the car once you have red alerts, and we're gonna take over, and I'm calling back when it's become a little bit more quiet, and we'll head back home.  And I didn't have the chance even to hang up, because when I stopped the car and opened the door, that was the moment we were getting shot at with automatic rifles. I want to say that not everyone will recognize it, but the military, the IDF, are not supposed to shoot on automatic. We're not supposed to shoot automatically, only single bullets every time. That's like the rule. That's the law that we got in Israel.  And when you're getting shot at by automatic rifles, it feels different, it sounds different, and you can hear the gunshots just above your head, just whistling next to you everywhere. And I told my brother, I'm getting shot and I will call him back. And I hung up, and I fell to the ground, and I took cover, and I crawled next to the side of the court, and I yelled to the car that we're getting shot at, so they have to go out.  So Ilya was laying next to me, and I remember that we saw so many people stopping their car next to us and screaming and running and praying because nobody, no one understood what's going on. Nobody realized that we're in a war again. Now everybody knows it. Now we can picture that, but at the same moment you don't know. Nothing. You don't have a clue of what's coming up. So it's all blurry, right? You don't really understand what's going on.  And you try to realize where, where you at, or why you're why you're getting shot at. And we took cover, and when I left my head, I didn't see Lala, I didn't see my girlfriend. So I asked Ilya, where, where Lala at and he's and he said that maybe she's in the car.  Now, an important, an important thing that I took my mom's car and she got a child lock, so if someone's inside, you cannot open the door. So I crawl above Ilya, and I open up the door. And Lala was looking at me with his frightened look, and she was like, I can't, I can't open the door. I can't open it. I was like, I'm sorry, baby, I'm sorry. Just come next to us. So she crawled next to us, and we later cover hats for a few minutes, for a while. And all this time we have the missiles. All this time we're getting shot at all this time you can hear the bullets hitting the trees next to you. Can hear the bullets hitting the rocks, and people are running, people are screaming, and you don't know what to do. And we've been there for a while, and after a while, I felt like I don't want to stay here, like I don't know where I'm going or where I'm supposed to do but I don't want to stay here.  So what we did is we said that we gonna crawl next back to the car. We're going to take our seats back so we won't be like in the horizon of the windows that people cannot see or do, or the gunshots won't hit us through the window, and we're going to drive somewhere. I'm going to press gas and run, I don't know where, so that's exactly what we did.  And Lala was just laying like we're not in the seat, like where you put your dogs at, like, underneath the seat, and Ilya and I were taking the seats all the way back, and I crawled to the seat, to the driver's seat, and just press gas. And in the second I pressed gas, we felt all the car was shaken. And I remember that we really felt the the car moving once I press gas, and Ilya and I looked at his at each other, was like, there was a grenade. We felt it wasn't a missile.  And I remember we were like, shocked looking at each other. So we drove, like, real fast. And again, imagine that all this time I'm lifting my head, I'm picking every time just to see where I'm heading. So we drove like this for, I don't know, a while, and then after, I don't know, 15 minutes of driving we we found ourselves getting stopped by two bicycle couple. So they went for Shabbat just to have a nice ride, and they stopped us, and they lift their hands, like, you have to stop, you have to stop.  And she said, like, you cannot go forward. There's a terror attack ahead, and they're shooting it, anyone that comes, and that's the moment you start to realize that, okay, maybe I start to understand what's what I came from. So we're talking about it like, I think that's what happened there, and they tell us what happened there, and we we try to understand the bigger picture. And I remember that we didn't know where we're supposed to go. But I like to call it: the first angel came, and there was a car that is heading towards us, and a beautiful guy jumped from the car, and he looked at all the cars that stopped, and we're like, 20 or 30 cars.  And it was like, Guys, Kibbutz Sa'ad is just ahead, and I want you all to follow me. They'll open up the gates and they will and they will let you in. So please follow my lead, park the car outside the gate, and just go inside the gate. And we follow his lead. It's a beautiful kibbutz. It's a religious kibbutz, so it was Shabbat for them, so the gate was supposed to be closed all the time, and everybody was praying in the synagogue, because it was Simchat Torah. And it was around eight in the morning, more or less. And I want to say between 50 to 60 people from the Nova, kids from the Nova, are running into the kibbutz. And we don't know what to do. We're just staying at the kibbutz, and there was a soldier that getting treatment next to the gate of the kibbutz because he had a gunshot wound in his stomach. And we see that he's getting a treatment from the city patrol. And even the city patrol that took us in, they didn't know what to do with us. They looked at us with the same look that we're looking at them like we don't know what's going on. Go inside and let's see. Let's figure it out. And I remember that we just scattered the kibbutz like we just walked and so many kids, so many girls, so many guys around my age are just crying, asking themselves, what's going on. And you start to hear this like people are looking for their friends, like, Hey, where's Rachel? She with you? Where is Avi? Did you see him? So it was a horrific moment at the same time, and you're so useless, and you don't even understand what's going on.  And we made a lot of noise in this kibbutz. And this kibbutz is like a really quiet. I want you to imagine that when you entered the most quietest place in the world, it's like Yom Kippur. It's so beautiful, so nice. It's Shabbat Simchat Torah. All the porches are have decorations for the Sukkot. It's beautiful. It's quiet, but 60 people right now, with a lot of mud and dust from the party, from the festival, and running into your kibbutz. And the second angel appeared, and her name was Sarah Jackson. She's 88 years old. She's a Holocaust survivor, and she's an amazing, beautiful person, and she came outside of her house because of the noise we made, and she was standing at her porch. She looked at us with this beautiful look, and she's like, Who are you guys? And we said, it doesn't matter. Can we come to your house? Can we stay in your house? Can we can we hide for a second just to drink something?  She was like, of course, come in, and when we came in, she offered us, of course, she gave us water and drinks, and she asked if we want coffee, and she asked us if we're hungry. And she always have this chill feeling. Always chill vibe, no nervousness. The Shabbat, it's Shabbat, it's quiet, the Shabbat will keep us safe, guys leave the phones. And we started talking with her, of course, and she told us a little bit about herself, and we told her a little about ourselves.  And this time, the information start to come right? We're we're calling our friends that we don't know where they at, or that we lost at the same time, and and we start to gather the information. And I remember I called my my roommate at the same time, like, where, where you at? She was like, two of my friends got shot. Were taking them to the hospital. I was like, What do you mean? What do you mean? Got shot by who she was like, I don't know. They were getting shot at. And I got shot in the car, and two of my friend got shot, one in the knee, one at his shoulder, and I will talk to you later. I was like, okay, just be safe.  And again, this talks that you have at the same time, it's not reasonable. It doesn't make any sense. You don't know that 3000 terrorists just enter your country. You don't know that right now, people are getting slaughtered in their houses, murdered. You don't know it. And you start to get this piece of information from the news, right?  You open up the news, and we call our friends, and this friend is hiding in the bushes, and this friend, he's is running for his life, and this friend is hiding in another kibbutz, and some people managed to escape to Tel Aviv, and like they are heading home, they don't know what we're talking about. And so many, so many like different stories right at the same time. And all this time, we get all this piece of information that berries got invaded and and you can hear the people calling the news like the anchor, the anchorman, and like, gasping for help and whispering at the same time. And it's Be'eri, it's Kfar Aza and all this time, we ask, Sarah, and she was like, yeah, it's right here, why? Like, okay, never mind. Because we felt like, Sarah, I don't know if she didn't want to know. So she wasn't into all the details, but she was chilled. She didn't really realize what's going on. And we thought that maybe it's good for her not to know what's going on outside.  And I remember that I was going out all the time, was running, and I have some videos that I was running outside to the gate to see if I can help, to see what's going on, to to ask maybe to patrol, maybe they know what's going on. And every time you're running outside, you're getting red alert. So you have to go back and you do this. And I did it like 5, 4, 6, times, and you can hear the gunshots from Kfar Aza. And now you know that they are inside Kfar Aza slaughtering people.  And there was a rumor started, I don't know how, and that's how rumors start, that people saw terrorists in Kibbutz Sa'ad, so in the Kibbutz that I was hiding, and I remember that we thought that, Okay, that's it. They're inside. What are we gonna do? We don't have a lot of choice. And what we did is that I told Ilya. I was like, Okay, I'm gonna bring some knives to the bomb shelter, because if they're going to open up the door, at least we can fight, at least we're going to take one of them with us. I don't know, something that we can try to do.  And I ran to the kitchen. And again, like I told you, Sarah was a chill, quiet person, so the only knife that she had was a butter knife. So Ilya and I was standing with butter knives for a few hours, holding the door. And it was you know, a funny moment, because I have to tell you, I think when I think when, when you filled and you don't have a lot to do, humor kicks in. So we were standing with this butter knives like this, holding the door with a knife that cannot do anything to anyone.  And I remember that after a while, Sarah looked at us. She was like, What are you doing with my knives? I was like, oh, not a lot, so I don't know. Like, no, take it back. I was like, Okay. And every time she took, we took it back. We brought two others. It was a game like, you know, Cartoon Network we're running, taking it back. She's taking it back.  And after 10 hours that we've been there, something happened. We had the opportunity to go back home, to drive back home, and I took my mom's car back to the kibbutz, and we jumped to the car, and we went to the other side of the gate, and we asked the commander the military that arrived already if we can go back home, because they told us that if you're going to stay here after six o'clock, you will stay all night because they're going to close the perimeter. No, nobody gets in or out.  I don't want to stay in the war zone, so we asked the commander, and he asked us peacefully, like, Okay, if you're going home and I will let you go out, please. Are you going only to Tel Aviv? You don't you're not stopping anywhere. I was like, No, we're not going to stop anywhere, promise. Okay, don't look to the side. Just go straight. Just go home. Now, that's a weird, that's a weird thing to ask from you. But we're like, yeah, okay, we understand. But unfortunately, first of all, you cannot, when someone asks you not to do this, that's exactly what you're going to do, let's be honest.  And second of all, we couldn't even if we wanted because once while I was driving, we saw we had to maneuver in the road that we're going home, between cars that was shattered to pieces. And inside these cars, and outside these cars, there was so many dead bodies of people from the festival. And from our left side, you can always see this black smoke coming up from all the kibbutzim and Gaza. Because now Gaza is getting hit really hard and really strong from the military and from the Air Force, and it was apocalypse. It was moments of apocalypse. It's one of the most beautiful places in the world, so quiet, so peaceful. And I know it sounds ironic, but it's the truth.  Like, it's such a beautiful place, and to see it now a war zone, to see the smoke, to see these dead bodies all over and cars shattered. It's a polar [opposite]. It's 180 degrees from what you knew or saw.  Manya Brachear Pashman: Have you shared what you just shared? Have you shared this story with college students in America, or do you rarely retell this story? Daniel Vaknin:  I came to United States for the first time in May. I had an amazing opportunity to play as a DJ in a joyful Jewish event that happened in MIT, but it was for 1500 people, Jewish people, just to celebrate, just to be happy, not to talk. And I was supposed to come to this event to play as a DJ, to perform as a DJ, in front of these people, and headed back home after a while, like after eight days.  But when I went down the stage, when I got off the stage, so many people ran towards me and asked me if I want to come and speak and to share my story in communities, in schools and in synagogue, in temples. I didn't know that at the same time, that's what's going to be, it's going to be something I'm going to do every day now.  But I had almost 12 events, 12 speaking engagements in two weeks here in Boston, in Miami as well. And I had this amazing opportunity to share my story, to talk, to spread awareness. So I came here only for this purpose. I'm going to be here almost two months, speaking, talking to colleges, talking to communities, anyone and any place that will give me the opportunity and want to hear a Nova survivor experience, like a first hand experience. And to ask the questions and have this amazing dialog, to hear the truth again. I don't like to speak about politics. I like to speak about what I've been through. I like to speak about my beliefs. I want to speak about my community. I want to speak about my friends. I want to speak about the friends that I lost. I want to memorize them. I want to show the word that you can choose light, no matter how much dark you have, and no matter how much dark you saw, or what's going on in Israel now, or what's going on in the world, there's still a choice. Manya Brachear Pashman: And you have a yellow ribbon dangling from your left ear. Do you know people who are being held hostage? Daniel Vaknin:  So a month and a half ago, our missing puzzle, our amazing friend Eden Yerushalmi was murdered in captivity after 11 months that she survived. And she was the last person that I knew personally, and we spent some time together, and she's a good friend. Yes, Eden was more closer to my heart and other friends that murdered the same day. But I can tell you that Eliya Cohen, that everybody's waiting for him to come back. He's a good friend of a lot of my friends, like I know so many people that he's a friend of them. So I cannot say that I'm his friend, but he's one of the family. And each person there, the Bibas, the babies that no one's talk about them anymore, the parents of the kids, nobody talk about them anymore.  I want all of them to come back home, because again, guys, it's not about right or wrong. It's beyond insane. It's beyond insane that we got a kid that almost a year more than his life is in captivity, and nobody's talking about it. It's, it's not insane. I don't, I don't think there's a word for, for expressing it. So this ribbon, I know it represents hostages, and it's nice to put in my ear, but God, that's not enough. That's not enough, and we need to do more than that, to bring them back home and to bring them safe. Manya Brachear Pashman: I want to note for our listeners. That you are in Boston for some speaking engagements, and we're actually speaking on October 2, a day after all of Israel went into bomb shelters following a barrage of missiles from Iran and a terror attack on a train in Tel Aviv. What have you heard from your family and friends back in Israel? Daniel Vaknin:  My parents and my brothers are in Israel, and I got younger–my youngest brother is in the army right now. He's 19. He's a combat fighter. He's a commander. And my mom, she got four boys, so she is a lioness. All of us were fighters. All of us been through war. And now the youngest one, and that's the last one. Like she said, no more, no more boys, no more fighters. She wanted peace. And that's the reality right now.  Imagine that yesterday I was waking up to the news that I know that Jaffa, I lived in Tel Aviv for nine years. So Jaffa, Tel Aviv was like so close, and I got a lot of friends that lives in Jaffa, and I'm waking up to this news that terror attacks start and they're killing people, they're murdering, they're slaughtering people in a train station. And I recognize the place immediately, because I've been there a lot, and there's so many heroes. You know what? I won't give the stage to this. I want to change it.  There's so many heroes in Israel. My parents are sitting in a bomb shelter and smiling and doing the best they can to keep the morale high. And someone that I know well, and he's a good friend, he was the guy that yesterday went to buy groceries because he did had food with his flip flops and his pistol, because from the moment the war started, he had a license for a gun, and he only went down to buy some food, and he was the one that injured and killed one of the terrorists with flip flops yesterday. So that's the reality, but that's our heroes. They don't wear capes, they wear flip flops, and they're going to buy food.  Manya Brachear Pashman: Daniel, this state of war seems to have no end, no boundaries. Attacks are coming from all directions. As you travel around the States and the world, speaking and listening, what do you find to be the biggest misconception? What do people outside of Israel seem to not understand? Daniel Vaknin:  I think if we try to see and we try to fight every single day about religious and who is right and who is wrong, and all this excuses, why we're not supposed to be here. I don't know. Guys, if you don't, if you don't know what you're talking about, don't take a stand.  Come to Israel. Talk to the Nova survivors. Talk to the kibbutzim. Talk to them, there are human beings that will tell you exactly what they saw, what happened, what they lost, what they're losing.  You will see an amazing people and strong people that will tell you the truth. That they don't want it [war], not the kibbutzim, not the Nova survivors. No one wants it. But as long as it takes, we will do it. We'll defend ourselves, and we'll be the strongest people that we can. Because we have the right to live.  Manya Brachear Pashman: Daniel, thank you so much for helping us remember what happened a year ago on October 7. Thank you for sharing what I know was a very painful story and journey, but I think it really will impact our listeners and remind them about the horrors we witnessed a year ago. Thank you. Daniel Vaknin:  Thank you very much. Manya, it was a pleasure, and thank you for having me.

This is Part 2 of a two-part episode series in memory of the events of October 7th. Margarita interviews Hugo Wolaj and Avichai Koch. Hugo is a resident of Kibbutz Be'eri who now works to rebuild the Kibbutz post-October 7th. Avichai Koch is a farmer in Moshav Tkuma which is located a mere 4 miles from Gaza. We cover the lives of these two men post-October 7th and their remarkable contributions. Help rebuild Kibbut Be'eri at www.rebuildbeeri.org Check out Avichai's farm on Instagram @meshek1tkuma and help save a farm at www.saveafarmfund.org What We Discuss: 00:00 Intro & Episode Agenda 07:27 Rebuilding Kibbutz Be'Eri - Hugo Wolaj 39:29 Avichai Koch & the life of farmers in Israel --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/peoplejewwannaknow/support

Among the first targets on the morning of Oct. 7 were communities across southern Israel, hit first by rockets, then infiltrated by gunmen who went house to house, killing and kidnapping civilians. One of those communities is Kibbutz Be'eri. Nick Schifrin reports on how that day has changed the region and upended the lives of its residents. A warning, images in this story are disturbing. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

Exactly one year ago, journalist Amir Tibon waited in his safe room with his wife and two young daughters. For help. For the army. Someone. Hamas terrorists rampaged through his kibbutz, yelling “Allahu Akhbar” ceaselessly. They fired their machine guns constantly. They burned homes and threw grenades into rooms where they knew civilians took shelter. They murdered wantonly. And they took hostages. They tried, several times, to shoot open the door to the Tibon house. For some reason they were unable to open it. Amir and I discuss that black sabbath, his family's life today, returning to live on the kibbutz and the continued captivity of his neighbor and friend, Tzachi Idan.We then speak with Adam Ma'anit and Heidi Bachram, a couple living in Brighton, U.K. They are both prominent activists for the hostages and combatting antisemitism. Adam is also Tzachi Idan's cousin. They share with State of Tel Aviv their battle to bring Tzachi home and the indescribable Jew hatred that they have encountered, unabated, in the U.K. and online. You can hear the anguish in Adam's voice, as he speaks of his cousin, who watched his eldest daughter murdered before his eyes, helpless to do anything to save her. Tzachi was then force marched, barefoot, covered in his firstborn's blood, to the Hell of Hamas tunnels.Following the introduction, I speak with Amir Tibon and at approximately 23:00 the interview with Adam and Heidi begins.Am Yisrael Chai.Podcast NoteState of Tel Aviv is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.stateoftelaviv.com/subscribe

Among the first targets on the morning of Oct. 7 were communities across southern Israel, hit first by rockets, then infiltrated by gunmen who went house to house, killing and kidnapping civilians. One of those communities is Kibbutz Be'eri. Nick Schifrin reports on how that day has changed the region and upended the lives of its residents. A warning, images in this story are disturbing. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

Kibbutz Be'eri survivor Thomas Hand spent nearly a month last year believing his youngest daughter Emily, then 8, had been killed by Hamas terrorists who stormed their Israeli farming community on Oct. 7 and slaughtered over 100 residents. Hand would later learn that Emily had actually been one of the 30 Kibbutz Be'eri residents kidnapped into Gaza that day. The girl was held for 50 days-not in a tunnel, as it turns out, but in private apartments together four other Kibbutz members and also with Noa Argamani, the Nova music festival hostage, until the cease-fire/ prisoner exchange in November 2023 saw Emily among those released. Hand, 64, and his daughter, now 9, are trying to rebuild their lives. They and others from Be'eri have moved into a new temporary home at Kibbutz Hazterim, near Beersheba, away from their own bullet-riddled house, while the kibbutz rebuilds. Ahead of the one-year anniversary of the Oct. 7 attack, Hand and his daughter flew to Canada, to Vancouver, to share their story, and also some memories of Canadian victim Vivian Silver, a neighbour on the kibbutz. On this episode of The CJN Daily, Thomas Hand joins host Ellin Bessner, with some tough words for the Canadian government, which he accused of “giving Hamas a reward for the violence caused to Israeli citizens.” What we talked about: Read more about the memorial projects being assembled for the victims of Oct. 7, including Vivian Silver, of Kibbutz Be'eri, in The CJN. Learn more about Kibbutz Be'eri's fundraising campaign to return home in 2026. Here's a list of memorial events being held for Oct. 7 across Canada, in The CJN. Example Credits Host and writer: Ellin Bessner (@ebessner) Production team: Zachary Kauffman (producer), Michael Fraiman (executive producer) Music: Dov Beck-Levine Support our show Subscribe to The CJN newsletter Donate to The CJN (+ get a charitable tax receipt) Subscribe to The CJN Daily (Not sure how? Click here)

Kibbutz Be'eri var et af de hårdest ramte i Hamas' terrorangreb den 7. oktober. Over 100 civile døde og 36 blev taget til Gaza som gidsler.  Berlingskes mellemøstkorrespondent Gunnar Willum - og fotograf Asger Ladefoged - har netop besøgt Be'eri som en del af en større reportagetur i Israel. I kibbutzen mødte de den 73-årige Nili Bar Sinai, en pensioneret psykolog, der mistede sin mand i angrebet for præcis et år siden i dag.  I dag i Pilestræde kan du høre hendes oplevelser den 7. oktober - og hvad hun og andre israelere tænker om krigen her et år efter.  Gæst: Gunnar Willum, Berlingskes mellemøstkorrespondent Hvis du er Berlingske-abonnent, kan du læse Gunnar Willums reportager og analyser her. Vært: Kaare Svejstrup See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world. Those We Have Lost project coordinator Amy Spiro joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan on today's episode. Today, we're dedicating the daily podcast's time to stories of civilians and soldiers who have fallen since October 7. We've each chosen 9 individuals to focus on and we'll explain why they moved us. We also hear updates from Spiro on how many of the over 1,600 individuals who were killed on or after October 7 during this war with Hamas and Hezbollah that we have been able to write memorials for. For news updates, please check out The Times of Israel's ongoing live blog. Discussed articles include: Cpt. Alina Pravosudova, 23: ‘Gingit' loved ballet, volunteered for MDA Staff Sgt. Omri Peretz, 20: Squad commander ‘surrounded by friends' Sujith Nissanka, 48: Dedicated Sri Lankan carer slain with his patient Mayana and Noah Hershkovitz, 65 & 68: Couple shared a love of art Sivan Shaarbany, 21: Curly-haired partygoer who loved salt & pepper Alon Toledano, 54: Sensitive man who aimed to help others Ilan Fiorentino, 38: Kibbutz security chief who was a ‘200% dad' Ronen Daichman, 49: Physics teacher was ‘the coolest guy in the school' Chief Supt. Martin Kyzmickas, 46: Cop who had ‘warrior blood' Subscribe to The Times of Israel Daily Briefing on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts. This episode was produced by the Pod Waves. IMAGE: Family and friends of Israeli soldier Captain Eitan Itzhak Oster attend his funeral at the Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem on October 2, 2024. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fluent Fiction - Hebrew: Rivka's Sweet Rosh Hashanah Triumph in the Kibbutz Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.org/rivkas-sweet-rosh-hashanah-triumph-in-the-kibbutz Story Transcript:He: בקיבוץ שקט וירוק, מוקף שדות וחורשות, החלה יום חדש.En: In a quiet, green kibbutz surrounded by fields and groves, a new day began.He: היה זה היום הראשון של שנת הלימודים החדשה.En: It was the first day of the new school year.He: הסתיו התהלך בגאווה ברחובות הקיבוץ, והעלים הצבעוניים נעו ברוח הקלה.En: Autumn proudly ambled through the kibbutz streets, with colorful leaves dancing in the gentle breeze.He: בתוך הכיתה, שתמיד הייתה חמימה ונעימה, קישטו התלמידים את הקירות בעלים ובתפוחים אדומים לכבוד ראש השנה.En: Inside the classroom, which was always warm and pleasant, the students decorated the walls with leaves and red apples in honor of Rosh Hashanah.He: רבקה, ילדה חכמה וסקרנית בת 12, ניגשה לכיתה בהתרגשות ובחרדה.En: Rivka, a smart and curious 12-year-old girl, approached the classroom with excitement and anxiety.He: היא עברה לגור בקיבוץ לאחרונה והשתוקקה להתחיל חברתית מחדש.En: She had recently moved to the kibbutz and longed for a fresh social start.He: היא ידעה שעליה לעשות רושם טוב על חבריה לכיתה ולמצוא את דרכה בתוך המסורת החדשה של ראש השנה.En: She knew she had to make a good impression on her classmates and find her way within the new Rosh Hashanah tradition.He: ליבה פעם במהירות כשנכנסה לכיתה.En: Her heart raced as she entered the classroom.He: לוי, נער חברותי ואהוב שכל חבריו תמיד התלוצצו עמו, הבחין בכניסתה של רבקה.En: Levi, a sociable and well-liked boy whom all his friends always joked with, noticed Rivka's entrance.He: למרות החיוך על פניו, גם לו היו חששות ופחדים משלו.En: Despite the smile on his face, he too had his own worries and fears.He: הוא תמיד הרגיש שצריך להיות ה"מצחיק של הכיתה", אך לפעמים זה היה מעייף.En: He always felt the need to be the "class clown," but sometimes it was tiring.He: רבקה החליטה שהיא לא תישאר בצד ותנסה פעולה אחת שעלולה לקרב אותה לאחרים.En: Rivka decided she wouldn't stay on the sidelines and would try an action that might bring her closer to others.He: היא החליטה לאפות עוגות דבש ולהביאן לכיתה.En: She decided to bake honey cakes and bring them to class.He: היא ידעה שזהו מנהג טוב לראש השנה, ומתוך תקווה שהיא תמצא חן בעיני התלמידים והן בעיני המורים.En: She knew this was a good Rosh Hashanah custom and hoped she would win the favor of both the students and the teachers.He: באותו יום, כשהגיע הרגע להציג את עצמם בפני הכיתה החדשה, רבקה חששה שמא תרגיש זרות.En: That day, when the moment came to introduce themselves to the new class, Rivka feared she might feel out of place.He: אך בדיוק אז, לוי קם, חייך ואמר, "היי, זו רבקה!En: But just then, Levi stood up, smiled, and said, "Hey, this is Rivka!He: והיא הביאה לנו עוגות דבש לראש השנה!En: And she brought us honey cakes for Rosh Hashanah!"He: " הוא הרים עוגה אחת בחדווה.En: He held up a cake with enthusiasm.He: לרגע נדמה היה שכל המבטים מופנים לרבקה.En: For a moment, it seemed all eyes were on Rivka.He: הלב שלה הצטמצם, אך חלף לו חיוך על פני כיתת הילדים.En: Her heart tightened, but a smile passed over the classroom of children.He: הם החלו לטעום מהעוגות והסביבה התמלאה בצחוק ושיחת ידידות.En: They began tasting the cakes, and the room filled with laughter and friendly chatter.He: רבקה הרגישה שהקרח נשבר ושחוותה לראשונה תחושת קבלה ואהדה.En: Rivka felt the ice had broken and experienced for the first time a sense of acceptance and warmth.He: בסיומו של היום, עם ערב, כשהשמש שקעה בין השדות, רבקה שבה לביתה עם תחושת ביטחון חדשה.En: At the end of the day, in the evening, as the sun set between the fields, Rivka returned home with a new sense of confidence.He: היא הצליחה לרכוש חברים ולהרגיש כחלק מקהילה חמה ומקבלת.En: She had managed to make friends and feel like part of a warm and welcoming community.He: היא הבינה שהיא לא לבד ושבהחלט אפשר למצוא את מקומה, גם במקום חדש ולא מוכר.En: She understood that she wasn't alone and that she could indeed find her place, even in a new and unfamiliar setting.He: הלב שלה היה מלא בשמחה ובתקווה לקראת השנה החדשה שהתחילה בצורה כה נפלאה.En: Her heart was full of joy and hope for the new year that had begun so wonderfully. Vocabulary Words:quiet: שקטgroves: חורשותambled: התהלךproudly: בגאווהbreeze: רוחexcited: בהתרגשותanxiety: חרדהlonged: השתוקקהimpression: רושםcurious: סקרניתsociable: חברותיworries: חששותfears: פחדיםtiring: מעייףsidelines: הצדcustom: מנהגmoment: רגעenthusiasm: חדווהfroze: הצטמצםchatter: שיחתacceptance: קבלהwarmth: אהדהunfamiliar: לא מוכרconfidence: ביטחוןfresh: חדשהdecorated: קישטוtasting: לטעוםfriends: חבריםmanaged: הצליחהlonely: לבדBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/fluent-fiction-hebrew--5818690/support.

Fluent Fiction - Hebrew: Bridging Tradition and Innovation at the Kibbutz Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.org/bridging-tradition-and-innovation-at-the-kibbutz Story Transcript:He: באוויר הסתיו הנעים, אלי עמד בשערי הקיבוץ, רגליו דרוכות אך לבו נרגש.En: In the pleasant autumn air, Eli stood at the gates of the kibbutz, his legs tense but his heart excited.He: הוא הביט סביבו, לראות את המטעים המשתרעים על האופק והעלים הצבעוניים שהתפרשו כמו שמיכה זהובה על האדמה.En: He looked around him to see the orchards stretching to the horizon and the colorful leaves spread like a golden blanket on the ground.He: היום, חג ראש השנה התקרב, והשדות המתכסים בעצי תפוחים היוו תפאורה לפעילות נרגשת.En: The day, Rosh Hashanah, was approaching, and the fields covered with apple trees provided a backdrop for the enthusiastic activity.He: אלי היה אורח בקיבוץ, מחפש להבין ולהשתלב.En: Eli was a guest at the kibbutz, seeking to understand and integrate.He: זה היה הביקור הראשון שלו במקום כזה, והוא חש את השייכות והגאווה במסורת, אך גם את הבלבול והרתיעה.En: This was his first visit to such a place, and he felt a sense of belonging and pride in the tradition, yet also confusion and hesitation.He: בקיבוץ, המקום שהיה זר באותו הזמן רובץ בגעגועים, הוא ידע שעליו למצוא את דרכו.En: At the kibbutz, the place that was foreign at the time lay heavy with longing; he knew he had to find his way.He: ראשל הייתה שם כל חייה.En: Rachel had been there all her life.He: האדמה הזו הייתה חלק ממנה והיא ממנה.En: This land was a part of her, and she was a part of it.He: היא ידעה את כל הסודות של הטבע והיבול.En: She knew all the secrets of nature and the crops.He: ראשל הביטה באלי בעין ספקנית.En: Rachel eyed Eli skeptically.He: היא הכירה את המוטיבציה של אנשים מבחוץ לשנות דברים מבלי להבין לגמרי.En: She understood the motivation of outsiders to change things without fully understanding.He: היא פקדה על האנשים לעבוד לתפארת הקיבוץ, והרגישה כי שמירה על מסורת היא החשובה מכל.En: She commanded people to work for the glory of the kibbutz, feeling that preserving tradition was of utmost importance.He: בבוקרו של יום הקטיף יצא אלי עם החקלאים האחרים לשדה.En: On the morning of the harvest day, Eli went out with the other farmers to the field.He: ידיו אמנם לא היו מנוסות, אבל רוחו הייתה חזקה.En: His hands were inexperienced, but his spirit was strong.He: בעקבות שמחת היבול והעבודות, תוך המסורות המוכרות סביב, הוא חש את האנרגיה והשייכות המתפתחות.En: Amid the joy of the harvest and the familiar traditions, he felt the energy and developing sense of belonging.He: באותו היום כשראשל ראתה את אלי מסתבך עם הסולם, היא לא יכלה להרשות לעצמה לעמוד בצד.En: That day, when Rachel saw Eli struggling with the ladder, she couldn't allow herself to stand aside.He: היא החליטה להתקרב, לראות אם הוא יכול להעריך את היופי בעשיית החקלאות.En: She decided to approach and see if he could appreciate the beauty of agriculture.He: ברגע שהתחיל הדיאלוג ביניהם, אלי שאל ושמע, ביקש עצות על כיצד להחזיק, לבדוק תפוחים או לאסוף יותר בשיטות הקיימות.En: When the dialogue between them began, Eli asked and listened, seeking advice on how to hold, check apples, or collect more using existing methods.He: הידע שלו על טכנולוגיה ומדעים, אף שהנראה מנותק, החל להשתלב ברעיונותיו לשיפור הקטיף.En: His knowledge of technology and science, though seemingly disconnected, began to merge with his ideas for improving the harvest.He: "אולי הסולמות צריכים להיות יציבים יותר?En: "Maybe the ladders need to be more stable?"He: " אמר בחדווה.En: he suggested excitedly.He: ראשל עצרה, התלבטה במשך רגע - האם להקשיב לו?En: Rachel paused, hesitated for a moment—should she listen to him?He: אבל למרות ספקותיה, עשתה כן.En: But despite her doubts, she did.He: היא ראתה את כוונתו כנה והבינה שאולי יש יותר מדרך אחת לשמר מסורת.En: She saw his intentions were sincere and understood that perhaps there was more than one way to preserve tradition.He: במהלך ראש השנה, כאשר האורחים התכנסו לכלי החג והאוכל, אלי וראשל עבדו יחד.En: During Rosh Hashanah, when guests gathered around the festive dishes and food, Eli and Rachel worked together.He: יוזמתו של אלי הוכיחה עצמו - החקלאים אספו תפוחים יותר בקלות ובמהירות.En: Eli's initiative proved itself—the farmers collected apples more easily and quickly.He: באותו ערב, כאשר אלי התשעם עם חברי הקיבוץ סביב שולחן, הוא חש שייכות עמוקה יותר.En: That evening, as Eli mingled with kibbutz members around the table, he felt a deeper sense of belonging.He: ראשל התיישבה לידו, מחייכת.En: Rachel sat beside him, smiling.He: "תודה, אלי," היא לחשה לו.En: "Thank you, Eli," she whispered to him.He: "למדתי שאפשר לשנות מבלי לאבד מסורת".En: "I learned that it's possible to change without losing tradition."He: כך, בזמן שראש השנה החדשה השתלטה על האזורים, אלי מצא את מקומו וראשל גילתה אפשרות לחדש עם פתיחות.En: Thus, as the new year took over the regions, Eli found his place, and Rachel discovered the possibility of renewal with openness.He: היבול לא רק שנתפס יותר, אלא גם השפיע על לבבות שנפגשו לאורך הדרך.En: The harvest was not only gathered more efficiently but also touched the hearts that met along the way. Vocabulary Words:pleasant: נעיםtense: דרוכותapproaching: התקרבbackdrop: תפאורהhesitation: רתיעהbelonging: שייכותlonging: געגועיםskeptically: ספקניתmotivation: מוטיבציהutmost: החשובה מכלinexperienced: מנוסותdeveloping: מתפתחותstruggling: מסתבךapproach: להתקרבdialogue: דיאלוגimproving: שיפורstable: יציביםintentions: כוונתוpreserve: לשמרinitiative: יוזמתוfestive: חגrenewal: לחדשopenness: פתיחותefficiency: יותר בקלות ובמהירותmingle: התשעםwhispered: לחשהregions: האזוריםgathered: נתפסhearts: לבבותspread: התפרשוBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/fluent-fiction-hebrew--5818690/support.

The split in the kibbutz movement in the 1950s is the subject of the group exhibition "The Division" at the Shturman House Museum in Ein Harod. The video, painting , sculpture and photography works in the exhibition explore directly and indirectly, the issue of division – as reflections on the challenges of this period in the kibbutz movement present insights into the current tensions and polarization in Israeli society. Mali De-Kalo, a video artist participating in the exhibition, spoke to KAN reporter Naomi Segal (Photo: Lena Gomon. Art: Efrat Galnoor, Migdalaim, "two towers")See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On today's program, The Fellowship's C.J. Burroughs continues his conversation with Adele Raemer, a survivor of the October 7th attacks, on where she and others have been in the months since.

Fluent Fiction - Hebrew: Mystery at the Kibbutz: A Tisha B'Av Heist Unveiled Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.org/mystery-at-the-kibbutz-a-tisha-bav-heist-unveiled Story Transcript:He: בערב חם של קיץ, חגיגת תשעה באב מתחילה בקיבוץ קטן בצפון ישראל.En: On a warm summer evening, the Tisha B'Av celebration begins in a small kibbutz in northern Israel.He: אנשים רוקדים ושמחים באור הזוהר של המדורה.En: People dance and rejoice in the glowing light of the bonfire.He: המון סוערים סביב השולחנות והאוכל המסורתי מתפשט על פני השטח.En: The crowd buzzes around the tables, and traditional food is spread out over the area.He: איתן, מתאם הנוער של הקיבוץ, מתבונן בקהל בהרבה חשד.En: Eitan, the youth coordinator of the kibbutz, observes the crowd with a lot of suspicion.He: הוא מכיר את כולם, אבל יש מישהי חדשה - נועה.En: He knows everyone, but there's someone new - Noa.He: היא מתנדבת חדשה וביישנית, תמיד מסתובבת עם מבט מסקרן וחיוך מסתורי.En: She is a new and shy volunteer, always wandering around with a curious look and a mysterious smile.He: האורחים כולם נפגשים ליד האמפי הקטן, שם מוצגת התצוגה המרכזית - אבן עתיקה ויקרה שהובאה מהעתיקות.En: The guests all gather near the small amphitheater, where the main display is presented - an ancient, precious stone brought from antiquities.He: לפתע, נשמע קול זעקה.En: Suddenly, a cry is heard.He: האבן נעלמה.En: The stone has disappeared.He: הקיבוץ כולו במתח.En: The whole kibbutz is on edge.He: איתן מרגיש אחריות גדולה.En: Eitan feels a great responsibility.He: הוא חייב למצוא את האבן ולהחזיר את ההרמוניה לקיבוץ.En: He must find the stone and restore harmony to the kibbutz.He: הוא שם לב שנועה נעלמת מהמקום בדיוק ברגע הקריטי.En: He notices that Noa disappears from the scene at the critical moment.He: הוא מתחיל לחשוד בה ומחליט לעקוב אחריה בסתר.En: He starts to suspect her and decides to follow her secretly.He: לילה חשוך פושט על הקיבוץ.En: A dark night falls over the kibbutz.He: איתן הולך אחר נועה, שצעדיה מובילים אל אזור מוגבל, הרחק מהשבילים הרגילים.En: Eitan follows Noa, her steps leading to a restricted area, far from the usual paths.He: שם הוא תופס אותה ברגע שהיא חופרת באדמה.En: There he catches her just as she digs into the ground.He: "אהה, תפסתי אותך!En: "Ah, caught you!"He: " הוא צועק.En: he shouts.He: נועה קופצת ומסתכלת עליו בפחד.En: Noa jumps and looks at him in fear.He: "לא, תבין!En: "No, you don't understand!"He: " היא מתחילה להסביר, "מצאתי את האבן והחבאתי אותה כי חששתי מישהו יפליל אותי.En: she begins to explain, "I found the stone and hid it because I was afraid someone would frame me.He: ניסיתי להחזיר אותה בחזרה".En: I was trying to return it."He: איתן מביט בפניה ומתחיל להבין.En: Eitan looks at her face and begins to understand.He: הוא לוקח נשימה עמוקה.En: He takes a deep breath.He: "את רצית לעזור?En: "You wanted to help?"He: " הוא שואל בקול יותר רך.En: he asks in a softer voice.He: נועה נאנחת ברווחה ומראה לו את האבן.En: Noa sighs in relief and shows him the stone.He: הם הולכים יחד חזרה לקיבוץ, מביאים את האבן ומחזירים אותה למקומה.En: They walk back to the kibbutz together, bringing the stone and returning it to its place.He: האורחים מקבלים את הידיעה בשמחה.En: The guests receive the news with joy.He: איתן ונועה מחליפים חיוך.En: Eitan and Noa exchange smiles.He: איתן למד שלא תמיד כדאי לשפוט על פי הרושם הראשוני.En: Eitan learns that it's not always wise to judge by first impressions.He: הקיבוץ חוזר לשגרה, ואיתן מבין שהוא יכול לסמוך על נועה.En: The kibbutz returns to its routine, and Eitan understands that he can trust Noa.He: הם משוחחים ובונים שיתוף פעולה אמיתי.En: They converse and build a true partnership.He: הקיץ ממשיך לזרוח, והשלווה חוזרת לאיתנה בקיבוץ הצפוני.En: The summer continues to shine, and peace is restored to the northern kibbutz. Vocabulary Words:celebration: חגיגתbonfire: מדורהyouth coordinator: מתאם הנוערsuspicion: חשדvolunteer: מתנדבתwandering: מסתובבתcurious: מסקרןmysterious: מסתוריamphitheater: אמפיdisplay: תצוגהantiquities: עתיקותdisappeared: נעלמהresponsibility: אחריותsecretly: בסתרrestricted: מוגבלpaths: שביליםcaught: תפסתיshouts: צועקfear: פחדframe: יפלילsofter: יותר רךconverse: משוחחיםroutine: שגרהtrust: לסמוךpartnership: שיתוף פעולהpeace: שלווהbuzzes: סועריםprecious: יקרהrestore: להחזירglowing: זוהרBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/fluent-fiction-hebrew--5818690/support.

   10 months ago yesterday, October 7th, 2023, will go down in world history, and especially the history of Israel, as an unforgettable day of rage and terrorism. Hamas warriors from the Gaza Strip entered peaceful Kibbutz villages in southern Israel and slaughtered innocent people of all ages. Jews were celebrating Yom Kippur all across Israel, thus unprepared to suddenly leave their joyful celebrations, grab their weapons and rush to defend these helpless villagers under attack. For the past 10 months the world has watched as Hamas has refused to release the hostages they took; refused to stop firing rockets into homes and markets in Israel; refused to accept any good faith efforts for a cease fire. I find their hatred of Israel repulsive. Yet they are certainly not the first, nor will they be the last angry people intent on destroying the nation of Israel. (Click here to see full text, images and links)   Today’s Scripture: Isaiah 36. Choose below to read or listen.​​Pastor Doug Anderson    “Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, with our eyes fixed on Jesus…” (Heb. 12:1,2)Have a comment or question about today's chapter? I'm ready to hear from you, contact me here. Interested in helping "Walking with Jesus" financially? Click here

   History shows us that often when people are experiencing a good time of peace and prosperity adversaries view them as vulnerable and sometimes plan attacks. You may recall the October 7th vicious Hamas attack on peaceful Kibbutz villages near the Gaza in southern Israel, occurred on a significant Jewish holiday, Yom Kippur, and one of the key points of attack was a music festival with Jewish people celebrating their heritage and freedoms. Exactly 50 years before, on that same Jewish holiday in 1973, military forces from Egypt and Syria attacked Israel from the south and east as the Jewish people were celebrating Yom Kippur nationwide. Come with me back to Jerusalem in about 701bc and we’ll witness a similar event.(Click here to see full text, images and links)    Today’s Scripture: 2 Chronicles 32:1-8. Choose below to read or listen.​​Pastor Doug Anderson    “Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, with our eyes fixed on Jesus…” (Heb. 12:1,2)Have a comment or question about today's chapter? I'm ready to hear from you, contact me here. Interested in helping "Walking with Jesus" financially? Click here

During these 9 days, Hashem's Holy Temple was destroyed. Let's invoke Divine compassion and build a sanctuary for Hashem in Kibbutz Be'eri, which was also destroyed. The synagogue is a stone's throw from the Gaza border, meant to serve the kibbutz, neighboring villages and the IDF in Gaza. We want to turn the the temporary prefab cabin-like structure into a permanent building that can meet the growing needs. With our help, both will be rebuilt soon, G-d willing. Donate here: https://my.israelgives.org/en/members/23853

In this class we discuss the 10th blessing of the Amidah and how and why it was the first blessing to be modified by Liberal and Progressive Jews in Europe.

Yehudit Shamir and her husband returned to the Kibbutz on the Gaza border where they first met decades earlier. October 7 sent the family running from tragedy.

Today, Fellowship's CJ Burroughs continues his conversation with an Israeli Kibbutz resident sharing her story on last year's October 7th Hamas attacks.

In this heartwarming episode of Redefining Family, host Jonathan Wilson sits down with Brit and Sydney Sharon, a couple whose journey from high school friends to loving partners and dedicated parents is truly inspiring. As proud members of the LGBTQ+ and Jewish communities, Brit and Sydney share their story of love, acceptance, and community.Brit and Sydney's love story began in high school and blossomed as they traveled abroad together. Married for eight years, they quickly started their family, raising their children with a strong sense of belonging rooted in their Jewish heritage. Brit, born on a Kibbutz in Israel and having moved to Southern California, brings a rich cultural background, while Sydney's Ashkenazi heritage complements Brit's Sephardic Orthodox roots.Their journey has had challenges. Brit came out to her friends in high school but faced difficulty with her parents when she and Sydney started dating. Over time, and after the loss of three grandparents, Brit's father became more accepting and now advocates for their family. Sydney, who had only dated guys before Brit, shares their reconnection in Tel Aviv and how they built a relationship that has lasted 15 years.Building their family is a central focus for Brit and Sydney. They discuss the joys and challenges of the sperm donor process and raising their children in a private Jewish school, fostering a community among LGBTQ+ families. They also hope to expand their family with a fourth child.Advocacy and community are significant in Brit and Sydney's lives. They promote acceptance and inclusivity within the LGBTQ+ and Jewish communities. Sydney shares her experience discovering six siblings through her father's sperm donation, adding another layer of complexity to their story. This episode is filled with personal reflections and advice for other LGBTQ+ couples on similar journeys.

In this episode, recorded on July 11th 2024, I'm joined by Yaakov Lappin, In-House Analyst at The MirYam Institute. He and I discuss the just released findings of the IDF's probe into the catastrophic events that took place in Kibbutz Be'eri on October 7th, the public spats between Prime Minister Netanyahu and Defense Minister Gallant, and when and how the IDF will deal with the threat of Hezbollah. I also discuss recent statements about the possibility of the Palestinian Authority taking control of the Gaza Strip and Yaakov and I assess media reports that the IDF could withdraw from the Philadelphi corridor. Enjoy - and please remember to SUBSCRIBE!!Support the Show.The MirYam Institute. Israel's Future in Israel's Hands.Subscribe to our podcast: https://podfollow.com/1493910771Follow The MirYam Institute X: https://bit.ly/3jkeUyxFollow Benjamin Anthony X: https://bit.ly/3hZeOe9Like Benjamin Anthony Facebook: https://bit.ly/333Ct93Like The MirYam Institute Facebook: https://bit.ly/2SarHI3Follow Benjamin Anthony Instagram: https://bit.ly/30m6uPGFollow The MirYam Institute Instagram: https://bit.ly/3l5fvED

Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world. Editor David Horovitz joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan on today's episode. Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah said Wednesday his Lebanese terror group would accept Palestinian ally Hamas's decision on Gaza hostage negotiations and would stop cross-border attacks on Israel if a ceasefire were reached. But would Israel also back down from the conflict on the north? This week marks a decade to Operation Protective Edge, which took place from July 8-August 26, 2014. Horovitz was on the ground in Gaza's Shejaiyiya neighborhood earlier this week and saw a location that one of the IDF officers he met with, Lt. Col. Ron Sayag, called a "closing of a circle" from that operation 10 years ago. What did Horovitz see inside the Strip? The results of an Israel Defense Forces probe into the onslaught and battle on October 7 in the border community of Kibbutz Be'eri, during which tanks shelled a house where Hamas was holding hostages, was presented to Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi on Monday and were given to residents of Be'eri this morning. Borschel-Dan and Horovitz were in Kibbutz Be'eri and Kfar Aza yesterday. They discuss their impressions. For news updates, please check out The Times of Israel's ongoing live blog. Discussed articles include: Nasrallah: If Hamas agrees to ceasefire with Israel, Hezbollah will also halt attacks Shejaiya is at least partly uninhabitable, but troops here say Hamas will return if it can IDF chief shown results of probe into October 7 fighting at Kibbutz Be'eri Subscribe to The Times of Israel Daily Briefing on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts. This episode was produced by Ben Wallick. IMAGE: This handout picture released on July 11, 2024 shows an Israeli soldiers during operations in the Gaza Strip. (Israel Defense Forces)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Listen in as Pastor Carl Palinkas and the Zechariah's Hope team give a ministry update for the vision of Z-Hope. Joining him are Buddy and Natalie Dumitrescu, from Kibbutz, Misgav Am, in Northern Israel,  on the border to Lebanon. They share about how they had to flee their home to escape rocket fire from Hezbollah, along with over a hundred thousand Jews who have become refugees in the war against Hezbollah. The Z-Hope team also shares about upcoming ministry projects happening this summer. We also hear from Amber and Chris Combs, volunteers serving with Z-Hope, who spend much of their time in Northern Israel, serving and supporting the people of Northern Israel. Click links below for more info! For more information visit Zechariah's Hope website Sign up for Z-Hope newsletter: Follow Zechariah's Hope on Telegram: Give to Zechariah's Hope:

Mark Turner is the founder of the Overwatch Foundation, a non for profit  utilizing United States Military Veterans to Provide Critical Natural Disaster Relief & Urgent Humanitarian Response to Those in Need.  Mark is also a 3rd degree Black Belt under Damian Maia, owns the “BJJ Lab”, a thriving Jiu-jitsu school in Naperville, and is also a husband and father of two.  Mark and his Team, at The Overwatch Foundation have completed 21 missions to some of the world's most dangerous regions, seeking humanitarian aid to protect the innocent. 0.00:    Mark's Start with Humanitarian aid that grew into “The Overwatch Foundation” 6.30:    The power of getting started before you figure it out 12.00:  Is there hope for resolution in the Middle East? 17.00:  The complexity of our current conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East 23.00:  How the news outlets warp reality to push narratives 32.00:  Why Communism works on a Kibbutz 38:00:  How there is both horror and beauty war 43.00:  The work Overwatch is doing on the borders 54.00:  Helping exposed innocent civilians protect themselves in the West Bank 1.02.00: Coming home from warzones 1.07.40: Importance of Family 1.13.00: Mark's Team utilizing current and former military veterans 1.20.20: The Philosophy & Benefits of Jiu-Jitsu Support Mark's Mission: https://www.helpteamoverwatch.org/ Mark's Jiu-Jitsu School: https://www.bjjlabnaperville.com/ Until next time, love and good vibes.  Podcast Website: https://enterthelionheart.com/ Check out the latest episode here: Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/enter-the-lionheart/id1554904704 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4tD7VvMUvnOgChoNYShbcI

Eden Gefner was born and raised in Kibbutz Reim in Israel, just three miles from the border with Gaza. On October 7th, her life changed from being a normal 28-year-old thinking about her future, to believing she was now in the Holocaust, that she and her family would die, just for being Jews. But instead, she and her mother, father, and boyfriend narrowly survived the Hamas attack. Hiding in the safe room and holding tight to the door, they heard automatic gunfire break the front door, a terrorist searching their home and finally, a tug on the door. Eden says it was a miracle they survived when so much death surrounded them. On their community "WhatsApp" chain a neighbor is yelling to help two children who just saw their father gunned down in front of them, others are giving updates on how many Hamas terrorists are surrounding the Kibbutz. On this episode of Lighthouse Faith podcast, we travel to East Hampton, New York to interview Eden just before she told her story of survival to a small group at Chabad of the Hamptons. It's part of the Faces of October 7th Project, which aims to "humanize the consequences of terrorism and challenge the support that terrorist organizations like Hamas have garnered, particularly among young people." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today on the Guy Benson Show, we welcomed Or Gat. Or is an Israeli man who had family present in the Kibbutz during the horrific massacre on October 7th.  Gat tragically lost his mother on 10/7, and he still has family held hostage by Hamas in Gaza. Gat shares the tragedy that his family witnessed, why he's here in D.C., and why we need to focus on hostage release. Listen to the full interview below. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

WMAL GUEST: 7:35 AM - INTERVIEW - EDEN GAFNER - survivor of Oct 7th in Israel WEBSITE to get more info: www.ChabadGainesville.com She is sharing her story experiencing Oct. 7th in Israel and will be at an event in HAYMARKET THIS WEEKEND Eden Gafner (28) was in Kibbutz Re'im, the same Kibbutz that hosted the NOVA festival, on October 7th. She was visiting her parents home when terrorists entered the kibbutz and broke into their home. After 26 hours under fire, the family was rescued by the IDF and was evacuated from the Kibbutz. Her family survived but many of her neighbors and 400+ festival goers trying to escape from their surrounding fields did not. Eden will be sharing her story for the wider community at a Shabbat Lunch at 12:45 pm TOMORROW SATURDAY MAY 11THThe event is hosted by Chabad Center for Jewish Life in Greater Gainesville & Manassas (servicing the Jewish Community in Gainesville, Haymarket, Bristow, Manassas and Prince William County) : www.ChabadGainesville.com Where to find more about WMAL's morning show:  Follow the Show Podcasts on Apple podcasts, Audible and Spotify. Follow WMAL's "O'Connor and Company" on X: @WMALDC, @LarryOConnor,  @Jgunlock,  @patricepinkfile and @heatherhunterdc.  Facebook: WMALDC and Larry O'Connor Instagram: WMALDC Show Website: https://www.wmal.com/oconnor-company/ How to listen live weekdays from 5 to 9 AM: https://www.wmal.com/listenlive/ Episode: Friday, May 10, 2024 / 7 AM Hour  O'Connor and Company is proudly presented by Veritas AcademySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the 7 AM Hour: Larry O'Connor and Patrice Onwuka discussed: WMAL GUEST: 7:05 AM - INTERVIEW - JONNA SPILBOR - - attorney and legal analyst Website: https://jonnaspilbor.com/ Stormy Daniels under fire: 5 takeaways from Day 14 of the Trump trial Greta Thunberg was just in Malmo, Sweden wearing a Keffiyeh while protesting Jews outside the Eurovision venue. Greta is merging antisemitism with her environmentalism.  John Ondrasik on X: "Eden Golan, our fellow artist, cannot leave her hotel room in fear for her life because she is Jewish. This is 2024. I call on every artist to join me in condemning publicly this despicable act of hate. This is a time for choosing. Your silence is complicit. @Eurovision WMAL GUEST: 7:35 AM - INTERVIEW - EDEN GAFNER - survivor of Oct 7th in Israel WEBSITE to get more info: www.ChabadGainesville.com She is sharing her story experiencing Oct. 7th in Israel and will be at an event in HAYMARKET THIS WEEKEND Eden Gafner (28) was in Kibbutz Re'im, the same Kibbutz that hosted the NOVA festival, on October 7th. She was visiting her parents home when terrorists entered the kibbutz and broke into their home. Together with her family they hid in an attic for 26 hrs, while under fire, until they were rescued by the IDF. After 26 hours under fire, the family was rescued by the IDF and was evacuated from the Kibbutz. Her family survived but many of her neighbors and 400+ festival goers trying to escape from their surrounding fields did not. Eden will be sharing her story for the wider community at a Shabbat Lunch at 12:45 pm TOMORROW SATURDAY MAY 11THThe event is hosted by Chabad Center for Jewish Life in Greater Gainesville & Manassas (servicing the Jewish Community in Gainesville, Haymarket, Bristow, Manassas and Prince William County) : www.ChabadGainesville.com World told to brace for 'severe geomagnetic storm' today - the first in nearly 20 years - which could bring chaos to mobile phone networks, GPS satellites and power grids Where to find more about WMAL's morning show:  Follow the Show Podcasts on Apple podcasts, Audible and Spotify. Follow WMAL's "O'Connor and Company" on X: @WMALDC, @LarryOConnor,  @Jgunlock,  @patricepinkfile and @heatherhunterdc.  Facebook: WMALDC and Larry O'Connor Instagram: WMALDC Show Website: https://www.wmal.com/oconnor-company/ How to listen live weekdays from 5 to 9 AM: https://www.wmal.com/listenlive/ Episode: Friday, May 10, 2024 / 7 AM Hour  O'Connor and Company is proudly presented by Veritas AcademySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today, Ronit plank is a successful writer of fiction and non-fiction, an editor, a podcast host of not 1 but 2 shows, and a teacher. But long before she became all those things, she was a young girl born on a Kibbutz in Israel, shuffled across the globe to Seattle by 2 unhappily married parents. Soon after, her father left to start a new family on the east coast. And then the following year, her mother dropped her and her younger sister on his doorstep - announcing she was headed to India. Her mother was sad and lost and was given cassette tapes by a guru called Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh – the man we now know as the leader of the cult featured in the Netflix Documentary Series Wild Wild Country. But back then Ronit didn't know any of that, she just knew that she and her sister were abandoned repeatedly, leaving her with a deep well of grief that no one was naming as loss. In her extraordinary memoir, When She Comes Back, she explores the revelations, and she discovered writing her memoir. Insights about the nature of loss when the person is very much alive. In our conversation today, we're both deeply moved and reflective about the adultification that happens when we grow up in disorganized and chaotic households, and the importance of honoring with care the versions of us that never got what we deserved, a safe and loving home. I can't wait for you to spend time with Ronit today. I know for sure you will be both touched and inspired by her story. About the Guest & Resources Ronit Plank is an award-winning writer, teacher, and podcaster who hosts Let's Talk Memoir featuring interviews with memoir writers and teachers. Her writing has earned Pushcart Prize, Best Microfiction, and Best of the Net nominations and has appeared or is forthcoming in The Atlantic, Writer's Digest, The Washington Post, Hippocampus, The Rumpus, The New York Times, Poets and Writers, andelsewhere. WHEN SHE COMES BACK, her memoir about the loss of her mother to the guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and their eventual reconciliation, was named Finalist in the 2021 Housatonic Awards,the 2021 Indie Excellence Awards, and was a 2021 Book Riot Best True Crime Book. Her short story collection HOME IS A MADE-UP PLACE won Hidden River Arts' 2020 Eludia Award and the 2023Page Turner Awards for Short Stories. She earned an MFA in Nonfiction Writing at Pacific University, is Creative Nonfiction Editor at The Citron Review, and lives in Seattle with her family where she editsmemoir manuscripts and teaches workshops. You can learn more at RonitPlank.com, follow her on Instagram, and subscribe to her Memoir Moments newsletter here. Host Lisa Keefauver's forthcoming book Grief is a Sneaky Bitch: An Uncensored Guide to Navigating Loss IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER on Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble or Bookshop.org. Drop her a DM on Instagram @lisakeefauvermsw to let her know you did and she'll send you a party invite to her Book Launch Celebration Visit www.lisakeefauver.com to learn more about Lisa, sign up for her Not-So-Regular Newsletter, register for an upcoming online grief workshop or watch her TEDx talk, Why Knowing More About Grief Can Make it Suck Less. Oh, and this season, if you want to WATCH the show, you can now watch it on YouTube @lisakeefauvermsw Recorded April 5, 2024. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

GOOD EVENiNG: The show begins at Kfar Aza kibbutz in Israel, where the survivors of October 7 begin the rebuilding. Then to Tel Aviv.  To SOU with Cliff May; to Oakistan borderland with Arif Rafiq.  To Gaza, to Phonecian Tyre, to Melbourne.  To Yemen and the new emir of AQAP, to Kabul and the Taliban.  To Central Asia, to Moscow, to Brasilia, Lima, El Paso, Caracas, Buenos Aires, Guatemala City. 1928 Brazil

PREVIEW-#ISRAEL: ##GAZA:  Excerpt from a conversation with colleague Peter Berkowitz of the Hoover Institution just back from Israel re a visit to Kfar Aza kibbutz -- attacked on October 7, losing many killed and abducted, now beginning to rebuild.  More later. 1920 Gaza.

This is The Zone of Disruption! This is the I AM RAPAPORT: STEREO PODCAST! His name is Michael Rapaport aka The Gringo Mandingo aka The Disruptive Warrior aka Mr. NY aka The Inflamed Ashkenazi aka The Smiling Sultan of Sniff aka The Flat Footed Phenom is here to discuss: When Yael learned that her nephew was kidnapped, how their family is holding up, only being contacted by the Israeli government, how they go on day to day & more. This episode is not to be missed!   Stand Up Comedy Tickets on sale at: MichaelRapaportComedy.com   Follow on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/@MichaelRapaport   If you are interested in NBA, NFL, MLB, NCAA, Soccer, Golf, Tennis & UFC Picks/Parlays/Props & Single Sport! Follow @CaptainPicksWins on Instagram & signup for packages at www.CaptainPicks.com   www.dbpodcasts.com   Produced by DBPodcasts.com Follow @dbpodcasts, @iamrapaport, @michaelrapaport on TikTok, Twitter & Instagram Music by Jansport J (Follow @JansportJ)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.