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Philissa Cramer

Philissa Cramer

Philissa Cramer is editor in chief of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.

Freed Israeli hostages appeal to President Donald Trump during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on March 5. (Screenshot)
Posted inU.S.

‘We’ll get them out,’ Trump tells 7 released Israeli hostages in Oval Office meeting

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer March 6, 2025March 7, 2025
Posted inFilm

Adrien Brody wins best actor Oscar for ‘The Brutalist,’ his 2nd for playing a Holocaust survivor

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer March 3, 2025March 19, 2025
President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lounge by a pool in Gaza in a new A.I. video shared by the president. (Screenshot)
Posted inU.S.

Donald Trump posts AI video showing ‘Trump Gaza’ as a beachside paradise

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer February 26, 2025March 3, 2025
Yarden Bibas speaks at the funeral of his wife and sons, murdered in captivity in Gaza and returned to Israel after 16 months, Feb. 26, 2025. (Screenshot)
Posted inIsrael

‘I’m sorry I couldn’t protect you all,’ Yarden Bibas tells his sons and wife at their funeral

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer February 26, 2025March 3, 2025
German politician
Posted inWorld

Far-right AfD notches record 2nd-place finish in German election as center-right party prevails

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer February 24, 2025February 24, 2025
Visitors at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv pass a sign showing Shlomo Mantzur, the oldest Israeli hostage in Gaza, Feb. 11, 2025. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
Posted inIsrael

Shlomo Mantzur, oldest hostage in Gaza, was killed on Oct. 7, Israel announces

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer February 11, 2025February 11, 2025
A photo of a smiling young couple inset into a wide photo of emergency crews responding to a bombing
Posted inU.S.

American Jewish leaders grieve as Hamas terrorists convicted of murdering their friends go free

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer February 5, 2025February 5, 2025
Netanyahu and Trump stand next to each other at lecterns with Israeli and US flags behind them
Posted inU.S.

‘Unfathomably horrific’ to ‘major step towards a real peace’: US Jewish groups respond to Trump’s Gaza comments

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer February 5, 2025February 5, 2025
L-R: Yarden Bibas, Keith Siegel, Ofer Kalderon. All were taken captive on Oct. 7, 2023, from their homes in southern Israel. (Courtesy Hostage and Missing Families Forum)
Posted inIsrael

Keith Siegel, Yarden Bibas, Ofer Kalderon set to be released Saturday from Gaza

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer January 31, 2025January 31, 2025
Arbel Yehud, an Israeli hostage held in Gaza, is made to traverse a dense crowd of terrorists before being handed over to the Red Cross outside Yahya Sinwar's house in Khan Younis, Gaza, Jan. 30, 2025. (Hani Alshaer/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Posted inIsrael

8 hostages, including 5 Thai nationals, return to Israel following chaotic scenes in Gaza

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer January 30, 2025January 30, 2025

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