This Aunt Won’t Give Up: Celebrating a Gaza Hostage, Naama Levy, While Waiting for Her Return

More than 100 people from the spectrum of Israeli society — from the Orthodox to secular kibbutz members — attend a special public event to celebrate Levy’s Hebrew birthday according to the Jewish calendar.

Anav Silverman Peretz
Sarit Levy on stage next to a poster of Naama Levy, her niece who has been held hostage in Gaza for nine months. Anav Silverman Peretz

When Sarit Levy marked her 50th birthday this week, the married mother of five did not forget her beloved niece held hostage in Gaza who shares her birth date. She mobilized family members and together they organized a special public event to celebrate Naama Levy’s Hebrew birthday according to the Jewish calendar. More than 100 people from the spectrum of Israeli society — from the Orthodox to secular kibbutz members — attended the event Monday night. 

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