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12 Holocaust survivors share their stories on a Times Square billboard

A project of the Jewish Community Council of Greater Coney Island, the billboard aims to draw attention to the experiences and stories of New York’s dwindling population of survivors.

At the shiva for Yuval Shoham, a graduate of Himmelfarb killed in Gaza. (Deborah Danan)

Hersh Goldberg-Polin’s high school has lost 10 graduates in the Gaza war. Where does it go next?

Jerusalem’s Himmelfarb High School has long been a prominent avatar of religious Zionist idealism.

Hamas releases four female Israeli hostages in a ceremony in Gaza City on January 25, 2025. (Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto)

Hostages Daniela Gilboa, Liri Albag, Naama Levy and Karina Ariev released from Gaza in choreographed ceremony

The four captives smiled and waved as they walked across the stage in front of a crowd, which, according to Israeli media, was meant to be a show of strength in the face of their captors.