#Sukkot 2023

[nerdykeppie]

It's Sukkot, so it's time for another sukkah video!

#nerdykeppie #lgbtq #jumblr #judaism #sukkot 2023

[ronniefein]

Sukkot, which begins at sunset September 29th, is a harvest holiday, which means that in addition to all the ritual and religions traditions, there’s lots of food, especially stuffed foods which are proof of the harvest bounty of fruits and vegetables.

Like stuffed peppers.

I have made stuffed peppers many times for Sukkot, but in recent years have found it easier to cut them into halves. The halves are still filled, but easier to cook and to eat. They are also easier to tote to a Sukkah.

This is one of the versions that my family has loved. I’ve made it with both Israeli and Moroccan couscous and also with rice and barley. The point is to include a starchy pasta or whole grain.

Btw, I cut the peppers in the middle, into top and bottom halves but obviously you can cut them from the stem down and have two top-and-bottom halves.

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Vegetarian Stuffed Red Pepper Halves

4 red bell peppers

1/2 cup couscous (or use rice, barley, etc.)

2 tablespoons olive oil

1 medium onion, chopped

2 cups halved cherry or grape tomatoes

1 cup thawed frozen peas

2 beaten eggs

1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese

3 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese

Preheat the oven broiler. Cut the peppers in half. Discard the stems and seeds. Place the pepper halves, skin side up, on a parchment paper lined baking sheet. Broil the pepper halves for 4-5 minutes or until the skin darkens and blisters. Remove the peppers, wrap them in foil or place them in a bag and let them cool. When cool, remove the skin and place the pepper halves, hollow side up, on a parchment paper lined baking sheet. Set aside. Turn the oven to 425F.

Cook the couscous. Place the cooked couscous in a bowl and set aside. Heat the olive oil in a saute pan over medium heat. Add the onion and cook 2-3 minutes. Add the cherry tomatoes and peas and cook 1-2 minutes. Remove from the heat and add to the cooked couscous. Pour the eggs into the pan and cook, stirring, until the eggs are set. Place them on a cutting bord and chop them into small pieces. Add them to the couscous. Spoon equal amounts of the couscous mixture inside the pepper halves. Sprinkle with equal amounts of mozzarella cheese, then sprinkle with Parmesan cheese. Bake for 12-13 minutes or until the cheese has melted and begins to turn golden brown.

Makes 4-8 servings

#stuffed peppers #vegetarian stuffed peppers #Jewish holiday #Jewish holiday food #Sukkot #Sukkot 2023 #vegetarian #meatless #meatless Monday

[otherstuffthatilikerightnow]

מוטי שטיינמץ ומקהלת נשמה I "למען ידעו" Motty Steinmetz & Neshama Choir I...

#youtube #Sukkot 2023 #Motty Steinmetz #Jewish #Chasidic

[atarahderek]

Inktober batch

Day 20: Frost

Day 21

I swapped out one of the prompts that I couldn't think of anything for and used it as a free day to do something I wanted to do. I am firmly on the side of Israel in the Sukkot War, just as I was firmly on the side of America on 9/11. For the exact same reason. There is no justifying what Hamas is doing, and anyone who tries is just as bad as Hitler was. Hamas will settle for nothing less than the complete and total Final Solution. They want genocide. And they won't stop at Israel's borders. They won't stop until every Jew in the world is dead. If you support Hamas, you might as well go open Auschwitz back up.

Day 22: Scratchy

Or itchy. Random capy trying to reach an itch.

Day 24: Shallow

It looked a lot more like a real pond from a distance. But it turned out to just be a puddle. And her disappointment is immeasurable and her day is ruined.

Day 23 will be its own post.

Day 25: Dangerous

Yet another portrait of Disney's sexiest Rom.

Don't let his mask, bells, puppets or public persona fool you. As Rom baro of the Court of Miracles, and thus one of its fiercest defenders, Clopin Trouillefou is possibly one of the most dangerous men in Paris. Perhaps second only to Judge Claude Frollo himself.

#Inktober 2023 #Disney #Israel #Sukkot War #roots #Christianity #Jews #capybara #turtle duck #ATLA #Avatar the Last Airbender #the Hunchback of Notre Dame #HoND #Clopin Trouillefou #Roma #Romani

[minnesotafollower]

“We Are the Church: Be of good courage. Hold fast to that which is good” at Westminster Presbyterian Church 

On October 8, 2023, Rev. Dr. Tim Hart-Andersen, Senior Pastor at Minneapolis’ Westminster Presbyterian Church, delivered the sermon, “We Are the Church: Be of good courage. Hold fast to that which is good,” which was the fourth of his final seven sermons before his retirement at the end of October. Scripture: Joshua 1: 1-9 “After the death of Moses the servant of the Lord, the Lord said to…

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#"Lord Jesus You Shall Be My Song #Artificial Intelligence (AI) #Be of Good Courage #Brimingham Alabeme #Civil Rights Pilgrimages #Claudette Colvin #Egypt #Exodus #Festival of Sukkot #https://www.westminstermpls.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/10-08-23-Bulletin.pdf #Jordan River #Joshua 1:1-9 #Kent Gustavson #Moses #Mountain Vespers #Mt. Nebo #Nun #Rev. Alanna Simone Tyler #Rev. Alexandra Jacob #Rev. Dr. Tim Hart-Andersen #Rosa Parks #Ruby Bridge #The World Beloved: A Bluegrass Mass #Westminster Presbyterian Church (Minneapolis)

[thatwritererinoriordan]

#Sukkot Is Coming #Jewish books #sukkot #september 29 2023

[ami-ven]

Happy First Day of Sukkot!

#first day of sukkot #at sundown #sukkot #holiday #2023 #not my holiday but happy it anyway

[greenwitchcrafts]

September 2023 witch guide

September 2023 witch guide

Full moon: September 29th

New moon: September 14th

Sabbats: Mabon September 23rd

September Harvest Moon

Also known as: Autumn moon, falling leaves moon, song moon, leaves turning moon, moon of brown leaves, yellow leaf moon, wine moon & Full corn moon

Element: Earth

Zodiac: Virgon& Libra

Animal spirits: Trooping Faeries

Deities: Brigid, Ceres, Ch'ang-o, Demeter, Freya, Isis & Vesta

Animals: Jackal & snake

Birds: Ibis & sparrow

Trees: Bay, hawthorn, hazel & larch

Herbs/plants: Copal, fennel, rye, skullcap, valerian, wheat & witch hazel

Flowers: Lily & Narcissus

Scents: Bergamot, gardenia, mastic & storax

Stones: Bloodstone, chrysolite, citrine, olivine, peridot & sapphire

Colors: Browns, dark blue, greens & yellows ( Earth tones)

Energy: Balance of light & dark, dietary matters, employment, health, intellectual pursuits, prosperity, psychism, rest, spirituality, success & work environments. Also cleaning & straightening mentally, physically & spiritually.

Technically, the Harvest Moon is the Full Moon closest to the September equinox around September 21st. The Harvest Moon is the only Full Moon name determined by the equinox rather than a month. Most years, it’s in September, but around every three years, it falls in October.

In September, the Full Moon is the Corn Moon from the Native American tribes harvesting their corn. It can also be the Harvest Moon, which corresponds with the Anglo-Saxon name, while Celtic and Old English names are Wine Moon, Song Moon, and Barley Moon.

Mabon

Also known as: Autumn Equinox, Cornucopia, Witch's Thanksgiving & Alban Elved

Season: Fall

Symbols: Acorns, apples, autumn leaves, berries, corn, cornucopia (horn of plenty), dried seeds, gourds, grains, grapes, ivy, pine cones, pomegranates, vines, wheat, white roses & wine

Colors: Blue brown, drk red, deep gold, gold, indigo, lead green, maroon, orange, red, russet, violet & yellow

Oils/incense: Apple, apple blossom, benzoin, black pepper, hay/straw, myrrh, passion flower, patchouli, pine, red poppy & sage

Animals: Dog, goose, hawk, swan, swallow & wolf

Stones: Agate, amethyst, carnelian, lapis lazuli, sapphire, yellow Agate  & yellow topaz

Foods: Apples, blackberries, blackberry wine, bread, carrots, cider, corn, cornbread, grapes, heather wine, nuts, onions, pomegranates, potatoes, squash, vegetables, wheat & winw

Herbs/plants: Acorn, benzoin, cedar, corn, cypress, ferns, grains, hazel, hops, ivy, myrrh, oak, pine, sage, sassafras, Salomon's seal, thistle, tobacco & wheat

Flowers: Aster, heather, honeysuckle, marigold, milkweed, mum,passion flower& rose

Goddesses: Danu, Epona, Modron, Morrigan, Muses, Pomona, Persephone, Sophia & Sura

Gods: Esus, Green Man, Hermes, Mabon, Mannanan, Toth & Thor

Issues, Intentions & Powers: Accomplishment, agriculture, balance, goals, gratitude & grounding

Spellworks: Balance, harmony, protection, prosperity, security & self confidence

Related festivals:

• Sukkot- is a Torah-commanded holiday celebrated for seven days, beginning on the 15th day of the month of Tishrei. It is one of the Three Pilgrimage Festivals (Hebrew: שלוש רגלים, shalosh regalim) on which those Israelites who could were commanded to make a pilgrimage to the Temple in Jerusalem. In addition to its harvest roots, the holiday also holds spiritual importance with regard to its abandonment of materialism to focus on nationhood, spirituality, and hospitality, this principle underlying the construction of a temporary, almost nomadic, structure of a sukkah.

• Mid-Autumn festival- also known as the Moon Festival or Mooncake Festival, is a traditional festival celebrated in Chinese culture. Similar holidays are celebrated by other cultures in East & Southeast Asia. It is one of the most important holidays in Chinese culture; its popularity is on par with that of Chinese New Year. The history of the Mid-Autumn Festival dates back over 3,000 years. The festival is held on the 15th day of the 8th month of the Chinese lunisolar lunisolar calendar with a full moon at night, corresponding to mid-September to early October of the Gregorian calendar. On this day, the Chinese believe that the Moon is at its brightest and fullest size, coinciding with harvest time in the middle of Autumn.

• Thanksgiving- This is a secular holiday which is similar to the cell of Mabon; A day to give thanks for the food & blessings of the previous year. The American Thanksgiving is the last Thursday of November while the Canadian Thanksgiving is celebrated in October

• Festival of Dionysus- There were several festivals that honored Dionysus, the God of wine. It was a time of fun, games, feasting & drinking wine.

Activities:

•Scatter offerings in a harvested fields, Offer libations to trees

• Decorate your home and/or altar space for fall

• Bake bread

• Perform a ritual to restore balance and harmony to your life

• Cleanse your home of negative energies

• Pick apples

• Have a dinner or feast with your family and/or friends

• Set intentions for the upcoming year

• Purge what is no longer serving you

•Take a walk in the woods

• Enjoy a pumpkin spice latte

• Donate to your local food bank

• Gather dried herbs, plants, seeds & pods

• Learn something new

• Make wine

• Brew an apple cinnamon simmer pot

• Create an outdoor Mabon altar

•Adorn burial sites with leaves, acorns, & pinecones to honor those who have passed over & visit their graves

Many cultures see the second harvest (after the first harvest Lammas) and equinox as a time for giving thanks. This time of year is when farmers know how well their summer crops did, and how well fed their animals have become. This determines whether you and your family would have enough food for the winter. That is why people used to give thanks around this time, thanks for their crops, and animals, and food. 

The name Mabon comes from the Welsh God, who was the son of the Earth Mother Goddess. However, there is evidence that the name was adopted in the 1970s, and the holiday was not originally a Celtic celebration.

Some believe Night and day are of equal legth and the God's energy & strength are nearly gone . The Goddess begins to mourn the loss she knows is coming, but knows he will return when he reborn at Yule.

Sources:

Farmersalmanac .com

Wikipedia

Llewellyn's Complete Book of Correspondences by Sandra Kines

A Witch's Book of Correspondences by Viktorija Briggs

Mabon: Rituals, Recipes & Lore for the Autumn Equinox Llewellyn's Sabbat Essentials

#witchcraft #wheel of the year #sabbat #mabon #Corn moon #Harvest moon #witchblr #wiccablr #paganblr #pagan #Wicca #grimoire #spellbook #book of shadows #witches of tumblr #tumblr witch #moon magic #witch tips #witch guide #traditional witchcraft #witch community #witch society #witchy things #witches #witch friends #greenwitchcrafts #All witches #correspondence #witchyvibes #witchcore

[istodayajewishholiday]

16 September 2023 - 1 Tishrei 5784

Today is Rosh Hashanah, the first day of the Jewish year. 

Observances include the sounding of the shofar, a ram’s horn, baking the challah into a circular loaf to signify the cyclical nature of the year, and using the greeting “L’shanah tovah”, which means “To a good year”.

Rosh Hashanah begins the High Holidays, which culminates in Yom Kippur, the day of atonement.

Today is also Shabbat! Shabbat shalom!

Holidays to Anticipate in Tishrei: Major Holidays:  Rosh Hashanah on 1-2 Tishrei (September 15-17) Yom Kippur on 10 Tishrei (September 24-25) Sukkot on 14-21 Tishrei (September 29-October 6) Shmini Atzeret on 22 Tishrei (October 6-7) Simchat Torah on 23 Tishrei (October 7-8) Minor Holidays:  Tzom Gedaliah on 3 Tishrei (September 17-18) Special Shabbatot:  Shabbat Shuva on 8 Tishrei (September 22-23)

#judaism #jumblr #rosh hashanah

[metalheadsforblacklivesmatter]

If anyone wants to preschedule Jewish high holiday posts 2023

Rosh Hashanah September 15th-17th

Yom Kippur September 24th and 25th

First Night of Sukkot September 29th

Sukkot ends October 6th

Shmini Atzeret October 7th

Sinchat Torah October 8th

(If any of these are incorrect let me know. I got this from my Jewish friend but like last time I tried to schedule a post I was a day off so I trust nothing now.)

(I double and triple checked the spelling of these holidays but I'm kinda shit at reading so if anything is misspelled I promise it's just my inability to read 😅)

-fae

#Jewish holidays #high holidays #judaism

[anrisive]

Chapter 1 Page 38 - Posted on 3 Oct, 2023.

Back to the story's story! Also, good news! I will be posting on TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS for the rest of the month! Thanks for reading! And happy Mid-Autumn/Sukkot/Mawlid to all you out there!

First Page - Here Beginning of Chapter - Here Previous Page - Here Next Page - Here

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Anrisivé can also be found here! My main blog is over at inverseAutotroph!

#anrisive #giantess #giant/tiny #macro #webcomic

[magnetothemagnificent]

Bit of a question here that was prompted by a dream I just had, are the seasons in the Jewish calendar different than the Gregorian calendar? I tried to google it but got no actual answers to my question. Obviously the names won’t be the English ones, but does it separate the year into four seasons as well? The fact I can’t find an answer is bothering me.

The Jewish calendar is a lunar-based calendar that revolves around the agricultural cycle of Ancient Israel, so think Mediterranean and Middle Eastern climate. There are three main holidays that marks the different agricultural periods, called the Shalosh Regalim, the Three Pilgrimages. These holidays involve making Pilgrimages to Jerusalem and making offerings and celebrating.

The first is Pesach (Passover), which is also called Chag HaAviv, "Festival of the Springtime". Because of this, Pesach must always occur in the seasonal springtime, and to ensure this, every other year we add an additional month, called Adar 2 to balance out the cycle. Pesach commemorates the beginning of the barley harvest. On the second day of Pesach everyone would bring the first sheaf from their barley harvest to the Temple as an offering, and after this point it was permitted to consume the barley harvest.

The second is Shavout, which is also called Chag HaKatzir, "Festival of Harvest" and Chag HaBikkurim, "Festival of Offerings". This commemorates the beginning of the wheat harvest and the bringing of the first of the fruit harvests to the Temple as offerings.

The third is Sukkot, which is also called Chag HaAsif, "Festival of Gathering". It commemorates the end of the harvest period, when the last of the harvest was gathered inside before the rainy season begins. During Sukkot we begin asking G-d for rain with Tefillat Geshem, the Rain Prayer.

Another agricultural holiday is Tu B'Shvat, which is the New Year for the Trees, and commemorates when fruit trees begin to bloom. It's actually the next holiday coming up in the Jewish calendar- this year 2023 it falls out beginning the evening of February 5th to sunset February 6th in the Gregorian calendar.

The seasons in the Jewish calendar are no different than the climate periods in the Middle East, which tend to be the dry season and the rainy season, with short transitional periods between each.

In modern times, there are four seasons used in Hebrew: Aviv, Kayitz, Stav, and Choref, which are Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter, respectively.

The months in the Jewish year are traditionally determined by observing the New Moon in the sky and declaring it publically in the Jewish court. However, this hasn't been the method used for thousands of years. In the first millenium CE, Hillel II and many other Jewish leaders enacted the Jewish calendar we know of today, which is based on detailed calculations of the lunar cycles and patterns. The Rabbis realizes that in the diaspora, when Jews are scattered far across the world, it would be impossible to observe the months and holidays accurately and uniformly across communities. In many ways, this decision saved Judaism and allowed Jewish communities around the world to be united in their shared observance.

#jumblr #judaism #the jewish calendar #the hillel calendar #jewish learning #jewish history #jewish life #jewish holidays

[icarusxxrising]

Important, PLEASE Read and Share.

TW // Violence and Police Brutality.

Protesters in Atlanta Georgia are being threatened on bogus charges by the state.

For the past 2+ years, protesters in Atlanta Georgia have been protesting and camping out in the Weelaunee Forest, Atlanta's largest remaining green space. With so little of these vast spaces left, and more being taken, it is so important to save what we can.

The Atlanta Police Foundation chose the Weelaunee Forest to establish a massive training complex which would include fake city like buildings for Police training, which is why the project has been dubbed "Cop City". This training facility would no doubt be used to increase the militarization of the Police, and add to the harassment and brutalization both black communities and protesters face when trying to live and exercise their rights.

The facility would be built adjacent to a majority Black, working class community that was not only promised the forest for trails and park space, but would surely be subject to even more policing instead of a Third Space* they can use as a community.

The facility would desecrate 87 acres of land, spanning over 381 acres, and costing around $90 million dollars that could have gone back into community projects and care instead of further the subjugation of the working class.

Police have been extremely violent towards the dubbed "Forest Defenders", raiding the forest multiple times to shoot pepper balls at nonviolent protesters and also destroying shelters, water/food storage, and even purposely destroy Jewish religious sites, including a Sukkah that was built for Sukkot and was destroyed by police in a raid 2 months after, along with a large Menorah which "disappeared". The forest camps has become an important religious site for Jewish people in and around Atlanta, as more than 60+ Jewish People have traveled to the forest for Shabbat, with hundreds more joining the live stream for Shabbat.

The forest is not just important for nearby Black and Jewish communities, the Defenders adding shelters, cafeterias, and even a small stage venue in the forest in an effort to Squat the forest has provided local homeless communities with a warm place to eat and shelter. The forest has transformed into a safe space for the community as Defenders educate each other and the Atlanta communities on first aid, cultural differences, leftism and anarchism in practice, and more.

Following violent interactions with Police, protesters have responded by burning down construction equipment (with no construction workers nearby), and throwing rocks at Cops who attempted to get close to harass the protesters. When it comes to the safety of our planet and communities, property is replaceable.

However, a life is not. On January 18th, 2023, a nonbinary anarchist eco activist, who was knowledgeable as a street medic and worked tirelessly as a forest defender, was shot and killed by Georgia State Troopers during another raid on the forest. Their name was Manuel “Tortuguita” Terán.

Police claimed Tortuguita shot first and injured a trooper, which the media picked up and began to circulate. However, multiple autopsies have confirmed not only did Tortuguita have no gunpowder residue on their hands, but Tortuguita was shot while on their knees, hands in the hair, surrendering to Police. Autopsies also concluded Tortuguita was hit with at least 57 gunshot wounds across their entire body, showing Tortuguita was executed by a police fire squad.

Police body camera footage also showed a Cop admitting that the Troopers had "fucked up their own guy", which authorities of course dismissed and refuse to participate in proving their innocence that they're so sure of.

In response to this, protesters took to the streets and burned a cop car, leading to police arresting 40+ activists. Police also arrested, threatened, and intimidated anyone who was peacefully discussing and sharing information about Tortuguita's murder on the streets of Atlanta, attempting to silence anyone who was even peacefully raising awareness.

Atlanta Police also conducted a random raid of a legally operating Bail Fund based in Atlanta, The Atlanta Solidarity Funds. The raid came as the Atlanta Solidarity Funds was legally raising money and awareness to help with Bail and Legal Defense, as protesters who were arrested peacefully were being charged with Domestic Terrorism, and now RICO/Racketeering charges. The Atlanta Police claim that the Bail Fund was laundering money, but other Bail Funds are calling this out as an obvious act of intimidation since absolutely no stories or proof has been released in conjuction with these financial charges.

There's a lot more, this has been going on for years, but one thing is certain. If we do not stop this here, they will tear the forests in your cities down and continue to militarize the police, furthering the oppression of the working class and continuing to make Black and marginalized communities lives hell.

Please read up on what has been happening in Atlanta because there's way more than the bits I talked about here. The Forest Defenders have been through so fucking much, and they still have a lengthy battle. But you cannot kill an idea. You can follow the Atlanta Solidarity Fund and the Forest Defenders on Social Media to keep up with them.

PLEASE boycott when possible, or be extremely vocal, towards the companies backing cop city. PLEASE tell them they have Blood on their hands.

Please continue to raise awareness, and follow Cop City closely. Please Read and Share.

#stop cop city #cop city #defend the forests #defend atl #defend the atlanta forest #defend Weelaunee #fuck cops #police brutality #acab #1312 #blm #blacklivesmatter #black lives matter #anarchy #anarchism #leftism #leftist #save our planet #eco #save the earth #antifascism #antifascist #anticapitalist #anticapitalism

[bossymarmalade]

-  Kate Laster, “Turnover Vulnerability” (2022) and “Waiting Game” (2023)

This artist’s work is also a part of her own ancestry. Jewish paper cutting is a centuries-old tradition that used to be much more commonplace. It was practiced by both professionals and amateurs at home, not only for marriage contracts or ketubot, but also for holidays like Shavuot and Sukkot.

#we all make art #kate laster #usermarmalade #judaica

[girlactionfigure]

Sukkot, or “the Feast of Tabernacles,” is the third major Jewish holiday in the Hebrew month of Tishrei.

The first was Rosh Hashanah, the second was Yom Kippur.

This year, the week-long Sukkot holiday begins begins at sundown on Friday, September 29 2023, and ends at nightfall on Friday, October 6, 2023.

Today's Sukkot cartoon showing Mr. Shuldig (my alter ego) and his dog, Doobie, is a "Golden Oldie". I drew it back in 1999 and updated the dates for this year. Enjoy

Dry Bones

#Sukkot #Jewish #Judaism #Sukkot Cartoon

[female-malice]

Vivian Silver, Missing Israeli-Canadian Peace Activist, Confirmed Killed in Oct 7 Hamas Attack

A founding member of the Israeli-Palestinian Women Wage Peace movement and other peace organizations, Vivian Silver was thought to have been kidnapped by Hamas and taken to the Gaza Strip

Judy Maltz and Haaretz | Nov 14, 2023

Vivian Silver, the veteran peace activist who was believed to be among the approximately 240 Israeli civilians and soldiers kidnapped by Hamas on October 7, is now confirmed to have been killed on the morning of the attack.

More than five weeks after the attacks, forensic experts informed Silver's family on Monday that they had successfully identified her remains.

A longtime member of Be’eri – one of the kibbutzim on the Gaza border invaded by dozens of Hamas terrorists on October 7 – Silver had volunteered for years to help Palestinian residents of Gaza in need of medical aid in Israel.

Silver, who had been widowed several years ago, lived alone in Be’eri. According to her son Yonatan Zeigen, she was last heard from Saturday morning at 11:07 A.M. Before that, she notified friends and family that she was hiding behind a closet in her safe room.

“First we spoke by phone, but then when we heard the gunshots getting closer, we decided it was best to move to text messaging,” he told Haaretz.

In his last message to his mother, Zeigen recounted, he wrote “I’m with you.”

“I feel you,” she responded.

Describing his mother as “a very resilient person,” he relayed that in their last phone conversation, she joked that she had not brought a knife with her into the safe room. “For us, that was funny because my mom was such a pacifist,” he said.

Zeigen, who lives in Tel Aviv, had planned to come with his family to Be’eri for the weekend in order to spend the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah with his mother. “In our phone conversation, we both said how fortunate it was that I hadn’t come,” he relayed.

Silver’s other son Chen lives in Connecticut.

The 74-year-old, born in Winnipeg, immigrated to Israel 50 years ago with Habonim Dror, a Socialist Zionist youth movement. She was among a group of young North Americans who helped found Kibbutz Gezer in central Israel.

A grandmother of four, Silver moved from Gezer to Be’eri with her family in 1990 and has lived there ever since. She was a founding member of the Israeli-Palestinian Women Wage Peace movement, which was established in late 2014 after the last major war in Gaza.

Just a few days before her kibbutz was overrun by terrorists, Silver had participated in a march that Women Wage Peace holds each year during the Sukkot holiday.

In an interview with Haaretz six years ago, after yet another round of fighting between Israel and Gaza had ended in a truce, she said: “With what’s happening now, I think our message is more timely than ever. The only way to bring all this violence to an end is by negotiating a peace agreement. This cease-fire may last a few weeks or a few months, but until the two sides sit down and talk, it’s not going to be over.”

Silver was particularly active in promoting equality for the Bedouin communities in southern Israel, located not far from her own kibbutz. She served as the co-CEO – together with Amal al-Sana – of The Arab-Jewish Center for Equality, Empowerment and Cooperation, which promotes shared society among Jews and Arabs in Israel and peacemaking efforts between Israelis and Palestinians.

Among her various volunteer activities over the years, Silver was an active member of Road to Recovery, an organization that helps transport patients from Gaza to hospitals in Israel so that they can receive proper medical care.

She had decided to immigrate to Israel after spending her junior year abroad at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In 1974, a day after she completed her final exams at university in Canada, she boarded a one-way flight back to Israel.

In 1981, Silver founded a department promoting gender equality within the kibbutz movement, and she later served on the board of the New Israel Fund.

In 1998, she was appointed executive director of the Negev Institute for Strategies of Peace and Development in Beersheba. Until the outbreak of the second intifada in the early 2000s, she traveled to Gaza frequently as a participant in various people-to-people peacemaking initiatives.

Colette Avital, a former diplomat and Knesset member who was friends with Silver, said, “Whenever and wherever I met her, she was always enthusiastic about some new idea, embracing some new initiative, always optimistic, always ready to help, always with a smile on her face.”

She continued, “I cannot help but think, to try to imagine what her last thoughts must have been, when she saw the men for whom she fought, the men she helped, come to brutally take away her life. And I cannot stop my tears. For her, for peace."

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