Thursday, January 30, 2025
Jewish women are braiding challah and hair to mark the release of Israeli hostage Agam Berger
When four young Israeli soldiers were released in Gaza over the weekend, the first thing many people noticed about them was their defiant gestures in front of their Hamas captors.
The second was their braided hair.
Some close observers of the hostages concluded that the braids — also seen on some of the children released during a temporary ceasefire in November 2023 — were the handiwork of Agam Berger, who had become the only Israeli woman soldier left in Gaza.
Now, with Berger released Thursday after 482 days, her supporters are returning the gesture, crafting braids of their own to celebrate her freedom and inspiration.
Some Jewish day schools in the United States urged their students to wear braids on Thursday. At least one synagogue is holding a challah-braiding event. A wig store catering to Orthodox women braided all of its display models, while El Al said women who worked for the airline had all braided their hair on Thursday. And an array of "Braids for Agam" graphics have circulated on social media, in both Israel and abroad.
https://www.jta.org/2025/01/30/culture/us-jews-are-braiding-challah-and-hair-to-mark-the-release-of-israeli-hostage-agam-berger
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