Israel

'Holding Liat' producer Lance Kramer discusses the powerful new documentary about the family of an Israeli-American woman kidnapped by Hamas fighters on October 7. 2023

Dara Horn is a writer and Jewish scholar who is slated to give the Jerome S. Cardin Memorial Lecture at Loyola University of Maryland this week.

As a fragile peace settles over Gaza, Midday speaks with Palestinian-American poet Ramsey Hanhan and Baltimore Imam Earl El-Amin.

The executive director of the Baltimore Jewish Council reacts to Monday's release by Hamas of the remaining Israeli hostages in Gaza, amid a fragile ceasefire agreement and uncertainty about an Israel-Palestine peace.

Peter Beinart is the author of Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza: A Reckoning. He joins Midday to discuss his thoughtful, piercing new book on a future of equality for Palestinians and Jews.

Last Thursday, a group of students pitched tents on the university’s main lawn to call for divestment from Israeli-tied companies. Hopkins leaders say that violated school protest policies.

The retiring U.S. Senator from Maryland advocated against withholding arms from Israel during an appearance on WYPR’s Midday.

At Beth El Congregation, leaders vowed to win the war for Israeli safety. In front of Johns Hopkins Hospital, graduate students demanded an end to ongoing attacks in Gaza.

Today marks the one-year anniversary of the attack by Hamas in Israel. Midday speaks with a journalist in Israel and a rabbi in Baltimore for deeper understanding on how people near and far are reflecting on the day.

Last year we heard from two friends in Maryland whose response to the Oct. 7 attack on Israel by Hamas and the war in Gaza was to bring their Jewish and Muslim communities together and create a space for healing. We check back with them today.