Natalie Raanan, who just turned 18, heads back to US following harrowing ordeal, while her mother remains in Israel as several members of wider family still held hostage
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Taken by Hamas terrorists while celebrating the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah in Kibbutz Nahal Oz

Wadea Al-Fayoume recalled as kind and energetic; attorney says landlord, angered by Middle East violence, stabbed child and mother after she suggested they 'pray for peace'

Chicago Sukkah Design Festival, now in second year, aims to build connections between Lawndale's African-American community and city's Jews who used to live there

Billionaire's car slams into wall as he celebrates 70th birthday; Biden eulogizes him as 'America at its best' and 'a good man, a dear friend'

Slumping first baseman with a grandma from Givatayim puts M*A*S*H* nickname into Hebrew letters on shirts and caps to raise money for fields in Israel

Principal says students got into confrontation with man who boarded school bus after they teased him; Simon Wiesenthal Center quickly propagated claim man gave Nazi salute

Teens at one of city's most selective public high school call for improved Holocaust education after classmate goose-stepped across stage in a German military uniform

Robert E. Crimo hit with 117 felony charges for mass shooting in heavily Jewish area that killed 7

Daughter of Jacki Sundheim tells congregants to fill void left by mother's death with 'joy and kindness'; services for three other victims to be held later Friday and Saturday