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Hannah Kaye was at the Chabad of Poway with her parents on Passover in 2019 when an antisemitic gunman entered. Hannah’s mother, Lori Gilbert Kaye, was killed. In this clip, Hannah remembers the sounds and smell of the shooting, and wondering, “where is my mom?”
Joe Samuels survived the 1941 Farhud, a Nazi-inspired pogrom in Baghdad. With antisemitic restrictions and violence increasing in Iraq with the establishment of the state of Israel, he and his younger brother were smuggled out of Baghdad in 1949. Here, he reflects on the power of accepting one’s destiny.
Nofar Sarudi reflects on the life of her brother who died saving eight lives at the Nova Festival.
Mirjam Baitalmi, an 88-year-old Jewish Holocaust survivor who survived Kristallnacht in 1938, left on a ship to England while it was being bombed, lost her parents in the Holocaust, and now decades later survived the October 7th Hamas attack on Kibbutz Zikim. On the day of the attack, she spent hours sheltering in her safe room with her caregiver.
Aviv Oz, a visual artist from Ramat Yishai, survived the October 7th attack at the Nova Festival by hiding, facing imminent danger, encountering hostile terrorists, and eventually being rescued. Here he shares his hope for the future.
Shortly after her parents were arrested by French police, seven-year-old Nicole Spinner was seized from her school in France and taken to Drancy concentration camp. When she arrived, overwhelmed and suffering from an ear infection, she was cared for and protected by a Jewish woman in the camp, Mariette Etlin, whom she came to refer to as “Marraine” (godmother).
Floyd Dade served with the 761st Tank Battalion of the U.S. Army, an independent battalion consisting mostly of Black soldiers. He fought in six countries and was attached to the 71st Infantry Division when it liberated the Gunskirchen concentration camp in May 1945. Here he reflects on segregation within the US Army.
As a member of Kibbutz Be’eri’s stand-by unit, Yair Avital left his wife and children in a safe room as he went to the defense of his neighbors. Yair was hit by a bullet and grenades, and saw many friends ruthlessly murdered. While being wheeled into surgery, he learned that his family had survived.
Ron Segev and his younger brother were at the Nova music festival on the morning of October 7. When the attacks began they ran and took cover on the side of a hill, where they came face to face with terrorists. After a narrow escape, they found a jeep and rescued eight people.