Herut North America

10/30/2026

Democracy is more than a system of government. It is a commitment to freedom, responsibility, and the right of every individual to have a voice.

As we welcome Shabbat, we reflect on the importance of these values and our shared responsibility to uphold them for future generations.

Shabbat Shalom! 🇮🇱💙

10/29/2026

10/28/2026

From Herut member Leonard Grunstein

An archaeological reminder that this is a Jewish state by right, no matter what the Arab parties' ambitions are. Opinion.

An archaeological reminder that this is a Jewish state by right, no matter what the Arab parties' ambitions are. Opinion.

10/27/2026

🕯️ OCTOBER 27, 2018 — WE REMEMBER THE 11

May their memories forever be a blessing. זכרונם לברכה

Eight years ago, on a Shabbat morning, hatred entered the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Eleven Jewish souls were murdered while gathering in prayer, in the deadliest antisemitic attack in American history.

They were not simply names in a history book. They were parents, grandparents, siblings, spouses, friends, and cherished members of their community. They came together to pray, to observe Shabbat, and to live their Jewish lives.

Today, we speak their names because remembrance is an act of love, and forgetting is not an option.

We remember:

🕯️ Joyce Fienberg, 75

🕯️ Richard Gottfried, 65

🕯️ Rose Mallinger, 97

🕯️ Jerry Rabinowitz, 66

🕯️ Cecil Rosenthal, 59

🕯️ David Rosenthal, 54

🕯️ Bernice Simon, 84

🕯️ Sylvan Simon, 86

🕯️ Daniel Stein, 71

🕯️ Melvin Wax, 87

🕯️ Irving Younger, 69

Eleven lives. Eleven precious souls. Eleven families forever changed.

Their lives were taken because they were Jewish, but their names, their legacies, and their place in our people’s story will endure.

As Jews, we carry the responsibility to remember—not only the tragedy, but the lives that came before it. We must teach our children these names, stand against antisemitism wherever it appears, and refuse to allow hatred to drive us into silence or hiding.

The Torah teaches us:

“It is a tree of life to those who hold fast to it.” — Proverbs 3:18

May we honor the victims by holding fast to our traditions, our communities, our faith, and our Jewish identity.

We remember the 11. We honor their lives. We will not forget.

יהי זכרם ברוך — May their memories be a blessing.

🕯️ Never forget. Never be silent. Never be ashamed to be Jewish.

AmYisraelChai

10/26/2026

We just had to share this from Jimmy Bitton

10/26/2026

On this day October 26, 1994: peace after 46 years of war.

At a desert ceremony at the Arava crossing, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Jordanian Prime Minister Abdelsalam al-Majali signed the Israel–Jordan peace treaty — with President Bill Clinton formally witnessing and King Hussein standing alongside.

Jordan became only the second Arab state, after Egypt, to make peace with Israel.

A reminder that even the longest conflicts can end with a handshake.

10/26/2026

Herut New York City and Magshimey Herut North America will host the NYC Jewish Resilience Seminar on Sunday, Nov. 15, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Manhattan, bringing together experts in journalism, antisemitism, Jewish and Zionist education, community security and public advocacy.

Experts to address antisemitism, community security, journalism and Zionist advocacy at Nov. 15 event in Manhattan.

10/20/2026

American music legend Gloria Gaynor, best known for “I Will Survive,” is returning to Israel for her first concert there in more than a decade. The two-time Grammy winner will perform at Tel Aviv’s Charles Bronfman Auditorium on April 13, 2027, accompanied by a 10-piece band.

The 83-year-old singer previously performed at the same venue in 2015. Her connection to Israel goes beyond music. While accepting an award from Israel’s consulate in New York in 2016, Gaynor said, “I fell in love with Israel the first time I went there.”

10/20/2026

October 20, 1948 — The Night the Negev Was Saved

The Negev was an island.

Since July, Egyptian-held positions had cut it off from the rest of Israel by land — and UN mediator Count Bernadotte had just proposed handing it to the Arab side entirely.

On the night of October 19–20, in Operation Yoav, the Givati Brigade’s 52nd and 54th Battalions stormed the fortified hills around Huleiqat — the key to the ground route south.

Hill by hill through the dark. At 3:00 a.m., the last position fell. The corridor to the Negev was open.
The cost: 28 soldiers killed, 70 wounded. The next day, the Negev Brigade captured Beersheba.

17 Tishrei, 5709. The night the map changed.

#1948

10/16/2026

**Happy Birthday, Ze’ev Jabotinsky**

October 17, 1880 – Odessa

Journalist. Poet. Soldier. Visionary.

He organized Jewish self-defense after the Kishinev pogrom. He co-founded the Jewish Legion in WWI and defended Jerusalem in 1920. He warned Europe’s Jews before the Holocaust, and he founded the movement that shaped Herut, Likud, and Menachem Begin.

He never saw the State of Israel, but he helped make it possible.

“Silence is despicable.”

Today we honor a man who taught the Jewish people to stand tall.