Mamdani Challenged to Attend Play About Oct. 7 at Alma Mater

Mamdani challenged to attend play about Oct. 7 at alma mater

The writers of a controversial and acclaimed play about the Oct. 7, 2023, attack and massacre of Israelis by Hamas fighters plan to challenge New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani to attend when it opens at his alma mater in Maine. Phelim McAleer and Ann McElhinney said they would invite Mamdani to the Sept. 18 showing of October 7 at Bowdoin College in Brunswick. A poster for “October 7.” “It is important to us that October 7 the play is v…

Toronto artist keeps the memory of Oct. 7 victims and hostages alive

For Naomi Gal, the lines of art became lines of connections—for herself, and for families stretched thin by unimaginable grief. Before the Hamas attack on Israel, Oct. 7, 2023, Gal’s hand-drawn creations served a lighter purpose: comedic cartoons for her six kids, playful notes in lunch bags. “None of my drawings were anything better than — you would see two dots for eyes, a line for a nose, a circle for a mouth. There was no dimension there,” t…