Strangers Throw Bar Mitzvah for Sderot Boy Displaced by Terror

Beniyah Bar-Chen of Sderot, Israel, had big plans for his bar mitzvah celebration. He had been looking forward to being called up to the Torah for months, and was expecting to celebrate the day with many friends and family.

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Grandmother Who Stalled Terrorists With Cookies Urges Lighting of Shabbat Candles

At 7 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 7, air-raid sirens blared in Ofakim, a town in southern Israel about 10 miles from the Gaza Strip. Rachel and David Edri made their way to the bomb shelter. After the all clear, they returned to their house. Things were about to get worse.

Together, We Will Sing!

When Klal Yisroel experienced the worst pandemic of our lifetimes, the ferocious virus that tore through our communities claiming thousands from us, Ten Yad had to pivot its annual Auction to an online experience, and alas, the Tenathon was born. Now, three years later, reeling from the worst pogrom of our lifetime, while our brothers and sisters in Eretz Yisroel are still fighting a war of survival, we find ourselves yet again preparing to take the stage in the worst of times.