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January 25, 2025

Right Now

The 33 hostages set to be returned in phase one of the Gaza ceasefire deal. Row 1 (L-R): Romi Gonen, Emily Damari, Arbel Yehud, Doron Steinbrecher, Ariel Bibas, Kfir Bibas, Shiri Bibas; Row 2: Liri Albag, Karina Ariev, Agam Berger, Danielle Gilboa, Naama Levy, Ohad Ben-Ami, Gadi Moshe Moses; Row 3: Keith Siegel, Ofer Calderon, Eli Sharabi, Itzik Elgarat, Shlomo Mansour, Ohad Yahalomi, Oded Lifshitz; Row 4: Tsahi Idan, Hisham al-Sayed, Yarden Bibas, Sagui Dekel-Chen, Yair Horn, Omer Wenkert, Sasha Trufanov; Row 5: Eliya Cohen, Or Levy, Avera Mengistu, Tal Shoham, Omer Shem-Tov (all photos courtesy)

Israel at war

Hamas names 4 female hostages to be freed Sat.; Israel OKs it though it violates deal terms

By Emanuel Fabian

After top-level security consult, Israel decides breach not grave enough to end ceasefire agreement, which calls for terror group to free female civilians before women soldiers

Israel at warHamas provides list of 4 hostages to be freed Saturday that violates ceasefire deal

By Emanuel Fabian

IDF troops stand at the entrance to a tunnel in the central Gaza Strip, in a handout image released by the military on August 28, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)

Israel at warReport: IDF was aware of ‘unusual’ Hamas activity hours before Oct. 7 attack

By JNS Staff

OpinionNorthern exposure

By Zarky Rudavsky

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) speaks at an Orthodox Union event on Capitol Hill on Jan. 10, 2023. (Credit: Courtesy of Orthodox Union Advocacy Center.)

Fighting antisemitism

Fetterman, Cassidy reintroduce legislation targeting antisemitism at universities

“Colleges need to do more to protect students and help them find paths to recourse.” — Sen. John Fetterman

David McCormick (pointing) and wife Dina Powell McCormick visit Kfar Azza, one of the sites of Hamas’s Oct. 7 massacre, in early January 2023. (Courtesy photo via JNS)

Politics

Dave McCormick tapped to chair key Middle East subcommittee

By Toby Tabachnick

“I see this as a great opportunity to strengthen the U.S.-Israel alliance, expand the Abraham Accords, grow U.S.-India cooperation, and delve deeply into regional energy, economic, and security issues.”

Karen Wolk Feinstein with the Galen Health cofounders, Kushagra Agarwal and Logan Nye (Photo courtesy of the Jewish Healthcare Foundation)

Health and safety

PRHI champions tech’s role in patient safety at Consumer Electronics Show

By Deborah Weisberg

Three winners and three runners-up, including a team from Carnegie Mellon University, were chosen by more than two dozen third-party judges for their pioneering inventions.

Community members stand in solidarity with the hostages at a vigil in Squirrel Hill (Photo by Sandy Zell)

Israel at war

Local community members express cautious optimism over hostage deal

By Toby Tabachnick

“It’s what everybody wished for, just to see those moms hugging their daughters.”

Rep. Summer Lee (Photo courtesy of summerlee.house.gov)

Israel at warSummer Lee calls for arms embargo against Israel, ignores Israeli suffering, in social media post about the cease-fire

By Toby Tabachnick

From left: Romi Gonen, Emily Damari and Doron Steinbrecher (Courtesy)

OpinionFrom hell to safety in a few frenzied seconds

By David Horovitz

Released hostages (L-R) Doron Steinbrecher, Emily Damari and Romi Gonen reunite with their mothers shortly after returning to Israel after 471 days in Hamas captivity in Gaza, January 19, 2025. Israel agreed to return Hamas terrorists in exchange for their release. (IDF)

OpinionA punch in the gut to the families of terror victims

Molly Braver, Marjorie Manne, Elayna Tell, Julie Paris, Carly Gammill, Libby Cohen, Karen Gal-Or, Sarah and Rabbi Shmuel Weinstein and Tara Surloff met during training provided by StandWithUs. (Photo provided by Julie Paris)

A journey worth taking

StandWithUs’ Center for Combating Antisemitism director visits Pittsburgh

By David Rullo

Leads training aimed at unpacking Zionism, Jewish identity

The JCC Choir performs at The New Riverview in July. Earl Parker is second from left. (Photo courtesy of the Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh)

Profile

A costumed chorist: The unofficial organizer of the JCC choir

By Abigail Hakas

Earl Parker, 94, still has a song in his heart

Irene Skolnick (Photo courtesy of Irene Skolnick)

Never forget

A survivor’s voice: Irene Skolnick on the trauma of the Holocaust and the ongoing fight against antisemitism

By Deborah Weisberg

Irene Skolnick, 87, and one of a dwindling number of survivors living in Pittsburgh, was 2 years old when the Nazis marched into Poland and began their campaign of terror.

A railcar that transported prisoners to the Nazi concentration and extermination camp rests in Auschwitz-Birkenau. (Photo by Adam Reinherz)

Antisemitism

Most people believe a genocide of Jews could happen today, multi-country survey finds

By Zev Stub

Claims Conference poll exposes a global trend of fading knowledge about basic facts of the Holocaust, with almost half of French young adults saying they’ve never heard of the term

US President Donald Trump speaks to journalists in the Oval Office on January 20, 2025. (Jim WATSON / POOL / AFP)

Israel at war

Trump says he is ‘not confident’ about Gaza ceasefire lasting

By Ben Sales

He also discussed Gaza, much of which has been destroyed during the war, in real-estate terms.

Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump takes the stage during a campaign rally at the J.S. Dorton Arena, Raleigh, North Carolina, Nov. 4, 2024. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

PoliticsTrump, hailing release of hostages, signals that he is committed to ceasefire

By Ben Sales

Elon Musk's gesture during an Inauguration Day rally ignited debate over whether he intended to deliver what looked like a Nazi salute, Jan. 20, 2025. (Screenshot)

PoliticsElon Musk’s straight-armed gesture at inauguration event ignites comparisons to Nazi salute

By Philissa Cramer

Torah

Rabbi Aaron Bisno

A God With Many Names

Exodus 6:2 – 9:35

Books

Join the Chronicle Book Club!

By Toby Tabachnick

“The Immortalists” by Chloe Benjamin

PollChronicle poll question

PollChronicle poll results: Presidential inauguration

By Toby Tabachnick

OpinionLetters to the editor

Betsy Rosen combines her love of poetry and acting playing Richard Parker, the tiger in “Life of Pi.” (Photo by Photo by Ellie Kurttz)

A puppeteer's life

Jewish puppeteer combines love of acting with puppets in ‘Life of Pi’

By David Rullo

Betsy Rosen has the world on a string

A complete collection of Jewish players' baseball cards being sold at Sotheby's is estimated to fetch more than $500,000 in January 2025. (Sotheby's)

Sports

Sotheby’s to auction ‘the most complete Jewish baseball card collection in the world’

By Jacob Gurvis

In "10/7," journalist Lee Yaron profiles victims of the Oct. 7 massacre from a wide range of communities. (Uri Bareket; St. Martin's Press)

Books

Lee Yaron’s account of Oct. 7 attacks named Jewish book of the year

By Andrew Silow-Carroll

’10/7: 100 Human Stories’ was among a number of books on Israel honored by the 74th National Jewish Book Awards.

Jeff and Arlene Berg (Photo by Brian Cohen)

Profile

Righteous Among the Neighbors: Arlene and Jeff Berg

By Lucy Pryor

Mt. Lebanon High School students interviewed non-Jewish Pittsburghers who support the Jewish community and take action to uproot antisemitism.

ProfileRighteous Among the Neighbors: Josiah Gilliam

By Greta Stern

ProfileRighteous Among the Neighbors: Josh Andy

By Scarlet Sweeney

ProfileRighteous Among the Neighbors: Selina Shultz

By Abby Sohyda

Food

Refreshing citrus salad

By Jessica Grann

Made with ruby red grapefruits and oranges

Chickpea and lentil soup

By Jessica Grann

Croissant French toast bake

By Jessica Grann

Savory spinach side

By Jessica Grann

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