From mourning to 'Tkuma'

(JNS) - A year after the horrors of Oct. 7, 2023, when 1,200 Israelis were brutally murdered and 252 taken hostage by Hamas, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared a new phase in the war.

He said the operation known as "Swords of Iron" now bears a far older, deeper name: "The War of Tkuma." In Hebrew, tkuma means resurrection - a word rooted in Jewish memory, struggle and renewal.

This wasn't just a rebranding. It was a signal.

With the symbolic conclusion of shiva - the seven-day Jewish mourning period - Netanyahu emerged from the shadow of grief, ready to reclaim leadership not o...