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Our Hearts Are Broken

Dear Community,

 

Today is a heartbreaking day.

 

This morning we received word that a four-year-old boy, Daniel Tregerman z”l, was killed in Sha’ar HaNegev by a Hamas rocket. 

 

 

We send all of our condolences and prayers to our sister city in these tragic times. 

B…

Sha'ar HaNegev Update from Mayor Alon Schuster

Dear Friends, Brothers, and Sisters,           

                             

On Tuesday 5 August 2014 at 07:55, five minutes before the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas entered into force, a Katyusha was fired at Kibbutz Kfar Azza - the same kind of 356 missiles th…

My Trip to Israel: Conflicted During the Conflict

Thursday night. I’m out in Jerusalem on Ben Yehuda Street. My Birthright Israel LA Way group is busy dancing and unwinding at Tza’atzua (Toy Bar), purposely led there because it essentially also functions as a bomb shelter – safety is our number one priority. But I head off on my own…