Central Florida's Independent Jewish Voice
Central Florida's Independent Jewish Voice
'Metal Caps on Wood' by Hallel Shayon commemorates her childhood friend Dotan Shimon, who was killed in Rafah during the Gaza war in 2024. Made from bottle caps collected over seven years, the piece uses these everyday objects to represent memories that build up over time and turns personal grief into a shared act of remembrance.
(JNS) - As the 2026 school year ends and summer vacation begins, Israel's high school students are completing an educational journey that has been anything but ordinary.
After beginning their teenage years during the COVID-19 pandemic and finishing them against the backdrop of war, bereavement and national upheaval, 11th- and 12th-grade students in the Ohr Torah Stone Ann Belsky Moranis Arts Program are using art to make sense of a world that often feels chaotic.
The exhibition, titled "Habayta" ("Homeward"), at Ohr Torah Stone's Katz Oriya High School for Girls in Gush Etzion, south of Jerusa...
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