THE TIMES OF ISRAEL—January 3,2024— Startled by the predawn hour of his editor’s phone call, the journalist raced his car southward to capture events he never fathomed he would be telling the world. “In the excruciating long hours of October 7th, when terrorists were shooting at us from all directions, the personal and professional were intertwined. This is my job, the profession I chose, bringing the news to the public as it happens.” Upon arriving in Sderot, a photojournalist saw bodies strewn on the street and in cars and took pictures without stopping, “as if the camera is some kind of protection against these gruesome images.”

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The response was overwhelming.  Within a couple of weeks, 10 philanthropies, including the Gary and Laura Lauder, Charles H. Revson, Leon Levy, A.Z. and Ruth Fleishman and Knight Foundations, UJA Federation, JFNA and the Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco, among others, contributed over $400,000, enabling the distribution of funds to 164 journalists.

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