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KINGSTON, N.Y. — In a speech to Congress Thursday, U.S. Rep. Pat Ryan honored the Hudson Valley residents and families lost on Oct. 7 in Israel and pleaded for the safe return of everyone still held hostage by Hamas. Ryan, D-Gardiner, spoke of the death of Margit Silverman, the sister of Kingston native Maurice Shnaider. […]
KINGSTON, N.Y. — Dozens of friends, neighbors, family and political leaders from both sides of the aisle gathered Thursday on the lawn of Congregation Agudas Achim Chabad on Lucas Avenue to honor congregant Maurice Shnaider’s family members who were killed in the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel. Shnaider’s sister Margit Silverman and brother-in-law Yosi […]
His mother Sofia tells Kan news: “We’ve checked all the hospitals and haven’t found him.” Sister Bracha tells Channel 12 he was seen after the disaster and “he apparently stayed to sleep there near the mikveh in tents.” She says the father of three has disappeared once before. Yitzhak Hecht of Beersheba. The 39-year-old has been missing for two days since the Meron disaster (Courtesy) I'm proud to work at The Times of Israel I’ll tell you the truth: Life here in Israel isn’t always easy. But it's full of beauty and meaning. I'm proud to work at The Times of Israel along...