Two years ago, the Hamas terrorist attacks in Israel shattered the lives of Jewish families in Israel and around the world. Hamas murdered over 1,200 people and took 251 hostages. One of the victims was Vivian Silver, who my sister worked for when she moved to Israel 20 years ago. Vivian was a peace and women’s rights activist who drove sick Palestinian patients to treatments in Israeli hospitals. On the morning of Oct. 7, 2023, Vivian’s home was set on fire and she was initially presumed to be a hostage. It took five weeks for officials to identify her burned remains through DNA testing in what was left of her home. On that horrific day and in the 730 days since, many New England residents have been directly impacted by the loss inflicted by Hamas.

And in the midst of our grief and outra

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