Use 'upward pressure' on groups 'hesitant' to push for release of hostages

(JNS) - Family members of those who have been held captive in the Gaza Strip since the Hamas terrorist attacks in southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, told a gathering of largely American Jews on Monday that "the most Jewish thing you can do" is speak out on the need for a hostage deal.

With the U.S. presidential election in the rearview mirror and a new government readying to take over, "we need to hear from all sides that this is really important for the Jewish community now," said Orna Neutra, whose 23-year-old son, Omer Neutra, a native New Yorker, is a hostage in Gaza. "There's an opportunity...