The Forward

As synagogues close, a grandson of Holocaust survivors is building a new one — in an Illinois cornfield

Near his family’s Illinois farm, Nik Jakobs is replanting Jewish life — turning a cornfield into a synagogue and a museum of small town Jewry.

Haunted by horror: Oct. 7 survivor torn as kibbutz rebuilds — and the fear persists after Hamas massacre

More than two years after Hamas terrorists slaughtered and kidnapped more than 100 Nir Oz residents in Israel, rebuilding is underway after the Oct. 7 attack.