Kibbutz Be'eri

Israel

‘Will I ever go home again?’ The rebuilding of the kibbutzim ravaged by October 7

Residents of Be’eri and Nirim ponder an uncertain future

By  Amelie Botbol

13 min read
Thomas Hand in Hatzerim (Ricki Rosen)
Our house was destroyed but the flimsy succah survived (Photo: Kfir Sion)
October 7

‘Our house was destroyed but the succah remained’

By Jane Prinsley

7 min read
Emily Hand and her father Tom Hand for the Channel 4 documentary One Day in October. (Photo: Channel 4)
Kibbutz Be'eri

October 7 documentary shares heart-wrenching new insights into Kibbutz Be’eri massacre

By Eliana Jordan

3 min read
Barak Deri addressing the memorial event in Hyde Park (Gary Manhine)
Kibbutz Be'eri

‘I’ve never seen death like that’: Be’eri hero recounts battlefield fight that almost killed him

By Jane Prinsley

4 min read
UJIA CEO Mandie Winston (left) interviews Yossi Klein Halevi and Rabbi Donniel Hartman at the UJIA dinner 2024 (Photo: Blake Ezra)
UJIA

‘Diaspora Jews are now living in an era of conditional acceptance’

By Gaby Wine

4 min read
Artist Sofie Berzon MacKie
Art

‘I want my art after October 7 to be like a big bang – how life can start again after this’

By Nicole Lampert

4 min read
Former LFI Chair Steve McCabe (wearing light blue shirt) and Matthew Patrick MP (dark blue shirt) in the ruins of a building in Kibbutz Be'eri during a visit to Israel in March this year. Credit: Labour Friends of Israel
Labour Friends of Israel

New Labour MPs reveal how trips to Israel made the ‘horror’ of war hit home

By Lorin Bell-Cross

2 min read

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Commander of the 99th Division Brig. Gen. Barak Hiram in southern Israel on October 11, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)

Art gives us hope, says curator of Kibbutz Be’eri gallery

By Gaby Wine

1 min read

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January 30, 2024 14:02
Sofie Berzon Mackie curator of Kibbutz Be'eri Art Gallery, addresses the BFAMI fundraising auction (Photo: Yoav Pichersky)

The printing press that symbolises kibbutz’s Be’eri’s spirit of survival

By  Amelie Botbol

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January 24, 2024 15:17
The printing press that symbolises kibbutz’s Be’eri’s spirit of survival