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Herzog to visit bereaved families in Efrat

President Herzog will visit Ohr Torah Stone’s Neveh Shmuel High School to offer comfort after the loss of eight alumni in the Israel-Hamas War, meeting with students, faculty, and bereaved families.

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 Qaid Farhad Alkadi in an IDF helicopter after being rescued by the IDF from Hamas captivity in Gaza

Qaid Alkadi: A beacon of unity for Israel - opinion

Founder of the Ohr Torah Stone Rabbi Shlomo Riskin, and the founding Chief Rabbi of Efrat, received a lifetime achievement award at the Saad Conference on August 1. 

Founding chief rabbi of West Bank's Efrat receives lifetime achievement award

 SHIRAT LUCY: Yehuda, Keren, Tali, and Rabbi Leo Dee in front of a portrait of Lucy, Rina, and Maia, at the first yahrzeit event, April 7.

The inspiring Dee family: One year after a terror attack killed Maia, Rina, Lucy


‘Major pressure’ on outgoing Efrat Mayor Oded Revivi to join national politics

Outgoing council head of Efrat Oded Revivi is facing pressure to join national politics since 2019. However, he claims the pressure is more prevalent in 2024 likely given 'accomplishments'.

ODED REVIVI: In the Trump deal, there are things that are hard to swallow. There are things that are against what we wanted. But let us give it at least a chance.

As the war goes on, Israelis find strength, resilience, and promise of a better tomorrow - opinion

This year tested the resilience of our nation, but it also illuminated our inherent solidarity and the warmth of the Israeli spirit.

 PITCHING IN: Many soldiers had left their sukkot standing.

Efrat: The story of one of Israel's most unique, successful settlements

Efrat Regional Council head Oded Revivi spoke to the Magazine about the Israeli settlement municipality he has managed for the last 15 years.

 NEW BEGINNINGS: First day of school, 1983.

Israeli settlement founder Rabbi Riskin talks 40 years of Efrat

The ‘Magazine’ sat down with founding father Rabbi Dr. Shlomo Riskin and wife Vicky to discuss the celebrated realization of their vision, and their concerns.

 Rabbi Shlomo Riskin laid the cornerstone for Efrat in 1980, occupancy began in 1983.

Life in Israel: 13 lessons after 13 years of aliyah

I came to Israel as a wide-eyed olah (immigrant). And I’ve learned a lot. Here are 13 lessons I’ve learned, one for each year we’ve been privileged to live in Israel.

 TRIUMPHANT ARRIVAL: The writer (R), husband Elan Adler, and daughter Shani Rosenzweig make aliyah on July 7, 2010.

Israel publishes tenders for new West Bank settlement units

The Israel Land Authority published on its website separate tenders for 1,248 new housing units in West Bank settlements.

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Leo Dee's moral clarity is a ray of light in the dark - opinion

So many of us have been engulfed by the tragedy the Dee family has had to endure. And Rabbi Leo Dee's determination to speak truth to power is why.

 Family and friends gather outside the house of Maia and Rina Dee, ahead of their funeral in Efrat on April 09, 2023. The 2 sisters were killed 2 days ago in a terror attack in the Jordan valley. Their mother, injured in the attack, is still in critical condition.

How Efrat's community will rise out of tragedy to honor a family's legacy - opinion

When the bullets of the terrorists pierced the pure hearts of Maia, Rina and Lucy Dee, they had hoped to pierce our hearts as well. They didn’t understand that we as a people are unstoppable.

 Efrat Residents standing outside their homes with Israeli flags to show solidarity with the Dee family, following the death of Lucy Dee, who died of her wounds three days after the deadly terror attack that killed her two daughters Rina and Maia, in Efrat, in the West Bank, April 10, 2023.

Israelis of Gush Etzion help the Dees cope with terror, loss

SOCIAL AFFAIRS: Efrat has a population of 13,500. An estimated 50%-60% of residents are native English-speakers. After the terror attack, the community leapt into action.

 ONE OF several signs of support for the Dee family created by neighbor Ashira Landau.

My Word: Affronts and full-frontal assaults

“When so many brothers and sisters are being murdered, we must learn again how to be brothers and sisters.”

 RELATIVES AND friends gather outside the Dee family home in Efrat ahead of the funerals of Maia and Rina. The placard reads: ‘One people with one heart.’

In wake of heavy loss, Rabbi Leo Dee calls for unity behind Israeli flag

It only took about an hour after Rabbi Dee's speech before the hashtag #DeesDay started picking up on social media platforms.

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