Upward pressure on US Jewish groups ‘hesitant’ to push for release of hostages

There’s not enough acknowledgment that having American hostages in Gaza and having American citizens murdered in Israel … is a national security threat for the United States. Family members of those who have been held captive in the Gaza Strip since the Hamas terrorist attacks in southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, told a gathering of largely American Jews on Monday that “the most Jewish thing you can do” is speak out on the need for a hostage deal (Read more at JNS).