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Tag: Knitting

0 Culture Politics

How the online knitting world unraveled over Israel and Gaza

Hannah Feuer in Forward · 25 Aug

The online knitting community, typically focused on the exchange of patterns and techniques, has been caught in a political storm due to the Israel-Hamas conflict.

0 Holocaust Communities

Knitting legend Rose Girone, world’s oldest Holocaust survivor, dies at 113

Lisa Keys in JTA · 24 Feb

Rose Girone, a Holocaust survivor and prominent figure in New York's knitting community, passed away at the age of 113.

0 Politics Art

Tie a Yellow Ribbon

Tanya Singer in Tablet · 30 May 2024

Crafters around the world, from New York to Tel Aviv to Paris, are coming together to knit yellow ribbons with varying designs to show solidarity with the 129 hostages held in Gaza by Hamas since Oct. 7.

0 Communities Culture

Meet the Canadians knitting for IDF soldiers and running for hostages

The CJN Daily with Ellin Bessner · 28 Mar 2024

Canadian Jewish communities are rallying around various grassroots initiatives to support Israel and raise awareness for the ongoing captivity of Israeli hostages post-October 7.

0 Communities Israel

This Israeli designer is bringing her Oct. 7-inspired shawl to Manhattan’s Vogue Knitting Live conference

Tanya Singer in JTA · 25 Jan 2024

Israeli designer Liza Rodrig is attending the Vogue Knitting Live conference in New York City to showcase her shawl design, inspired by the events of October 7 in Israel.

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My sister was a master knitter. When she died, I picked up her needles — literally.

Forward · 10 Dec 2021

The author discovers a half-finished knitting project in her sister's belongings after her sister's death from cancer.