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At the "Unity Supper" at Liberty Grace Church in Baltimore's Ashburton community, Galilee Dreamers work on art projects with their local peers from the Elijah Cummings Youth Program, the Baltimore Jewish Council and Art with a Heart. (Photo by Melissa Gerr)
Twenty-four members of the Galilee Dreamers program came to Baltimore last week to meet with peers and others.
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The yellow ribbon pin became a ubiquitous symbol for solidarity with the hostages held by Hamas. (Via Facebook, provided by JTA)
In the wake of this week’s release of the remaining living Israeli hostages, many Jews are retiring their yellow ribbons, dog tags and other hostage symbols with gratitude and grief.
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Thousands gather at Tel Aviv's Hostage Square to celebrate the return of the hostages on Oct. 13. (Miriam Alster/Flash90, via JTA)
Scenes of joyful reunions are played out in public and private.
Read MoreThe Oct. 9th gathering included prayers for the hostages and a candle-lighting.
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A kibbutz member receives her homecoming kit from the Kibbutz Movement Rehabilitation Fund. (Courtesy KMRF, via JTA)
Among those who are relocating to Israel’s kibbutzim are young Israelis with a desire to revive the Zionist dream.
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Attendees listen as names of Palestinian infants killed in the war in Gaza are read aloud during a vigil organized by the Students for Justice in Palestine at the University of Maryland, College Park, campus in October of 2024 (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images, via JTA)
Eighteen Jewish student groups at College Park vowed to boycott future meetings over the timing of the vote.
Read MoreThe community Israel emissary hopes to forge strong connections between local teens and the Jewish state.
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Children enjoy outdoor games at Kibbutz Erez, one of the Israeli border communities near Gaza. (Larry Luxner via JTA)
American Jews are helping the effort to rebuild and rehabilitate Israeli communities near Gaza through a program initiated by UJA-Federation of New York.
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Rock singer and peace activist Bono is shown here at the 78th annual Cannes Film Festival last May. (Lionel Hahn/Getty Images, courtesy of JTA)
In his statement, Bono wrote that the Netanyahu government “deserves a categorical and unequivocal condemnation.”
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Displaced Palestinians carry food parcels as they raid trucks carrying humanitarian aid in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip on Aug. 9,. (AFP via Getty Images, courtesy of JTA)
Citing the “Jewish imperative to act,” the donation from New York’s Jewish federation will go to IsraAID, an Israeli disaster relief organization that operates abroad.
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Odesa-born Los Angeles resident Boris Z. Gorbis says his collection is "evidence of the love affair that existed between Americans and the entire idea of a Jewish home." (Photo by Asaf Elia-Shalev via JTA)
Boris Z. Gorbis has spent decades scouring garage sales, thrift shops and eBay for discarded vintage Zionist souvenirs. Now, he’s determined to secure their future.
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