Rebuilding a family legacy in the vineyards of Nir Oz

(JNS) - Gal Pauker, 25, grew up around wine. His grandfather, Gideon Pauker, and three of Gideon's buddies-Gadi Mozes, Haim Perry and Yoram Metzger-started a winery on Kibbutz Nir Oz in southern Israel, where they filled about 1,300 bottles a year with fine wine.

It was a joint effort: Gideon planted the vineyard that supplied the grapes, and the friends would harvest together, choose the blend together, and enjoy the wine together.

Then Hamas terrorists attacked the kibbutz on Oct. 7, 2023. Of the four men, only Mozes, 80, the oldest hostage abducted from Nir Oz, survived. He found out his fr...