By Joel Goldenberg
The Suburban
Bring Them Home Montreal, the group which organizes the weekly walk for hostages from Hampstead Park to the Y in Snowdon, and Tel Aviv University recently presented Israeli sisters Nirit (left) and Inbal Caspi (right) — third sister Shani could not make the trip. They spoke to a large audience at the Y’s Grover Auditorium about their experiences during the Oct. 7 terrorist attack by Hamas on their Kibbutz Magen, where some residents found themselves alone, preparing to say farewell to their families; and others fought the rampaging terrorists —some of the residents were killed or injured. Shiri Tamam, friend of the Montreal hosts of the sisters, centre, provided English translation of the sisters’ Hebrew address. Sharon Fraenkel, CEO for Eastern Canada of Tel Aviv University, discussed the Uniform to University Scholarship Fund, which provides reservists returning from duty from the war with Hamas with financial and academic support. Fund organizers point out that more than 6,000 Tel Aviv University students “dropped everything to serve in the IDF reserves and helped secure Israel after Oct. 7.” For more information on the fund, go to www.cftau.ca/uniform. n