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Mazelit Airaksinen

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Reporter. Remember October 7th. Over 4.2K bylines, seen in Times of Israel, Quillette, & more. Barnard grad. Jewish American. Memorial account.

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Great seeing @guybavli at the Riverside Hotel on Los Olas for my 29th birthday! Not gonna lie — I absolutely loved getting called up to the audience for his penultimate act — it’s SO much more fascinating to see mentalists preform in the flesh and not just on the Penn and Teller showHe even blindfolded me😅Ty @bstolz93 🎉 🎊 🎈 for helping make my birthday absolutely great! Soon, we celebrate yours! In just four days! by @mazelit_

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Hi, it’s me. I’m the problem it’s me 💅 by @mazelit_

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Thanks to Ben for the photo ✨ ✨ by @mazelit_

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HAMAS VICTIM OF 10/7 TERROR ATTACKShe called her parents from the Nova festival during her escape from the October 7th terror attack. She ran as far as Kibbutz Be'eri. On foot, or by car, we don't know how she made it those 8 miles. But Hamas was there too, waiting for more blood. 🕯️Linor Keinan (23)May her memory be a blessing. She is survived by her parents, Yossi and Merav, as well as her siblings, Eden, Aviv, and Benny.“Linori was the kind of person who, when they entered a room, you couldn’t help but notice them,” wrote friend Shoval Berti in a memorial post.“She always had a huge smile on her face that brightened wherever she went,” wrote Berti. by @mazelit_

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This Jewish couple was was murdered by Hamas in front of their two tiny children, Romi (6) and Lia (3). Thankfully, a local Muslim man helped save their children. 🕯️Odaya Swissa (33)🕯️Dolev Swissa (34) During the October 7th terror attack, mother Odaya watched Hamas kill her husband Dolev. She was rescued by a Muslim Bedouin construction worker named Amer Abu, at least temporarily. Amer got into the driver’s seat to try and bring Odaya and the two young girls to safety at the Sderot police station, without knowing that it had been taken over by terrorists.Both Amer and Odaya were murdered. Romi, 6, and Lia, 3, were lying on the floor of the car and were unscathed, directly according to Times of Israel. Harrowing video footage from that day shows the two young girls screaming for help as police officers arrived. “Are you police?” the young voice of Romi can be heard from inside the car. “Are you from Israel? Take us!”Officers managed to bring the girls to safety in a nearby stranger’s house, where they hid in the safe room until their grandparents could be tracked down.The children are now orphans; initial reports suggest their grandparents may be taking care of the two surviving children now. May Odaya and Dolev's memory be a blessing🎗️ by @mazelit_

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My latest article, this time about a doctor who believes Orthodox Jews steal SNAP, welfare benefits and live in “loveless arranged illegal marriages.” He also says the small group of Jews have a welfare problem, and that they’ve been “criminally, fraudulently and illegally have found a way to live in this country for FREE.”It seems Dr Robert Guarino has not met any Orthodox Jews in his life. Read it at the link in my bio, or comment “DM” and I’ll send you the article straight to your mailbox and give you a follow. by @mazelit_

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Thank you @mazelit_ for this article. Link in bio. by @mazelit_

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🕯️ Rinat Zagdon (23) Rinat “Rini” Hodaya Zagdon, 23, was murdered by Hamas terrorists at the Supernova music festival on October 7.She was killed in the terror attack. A victim of anti-Jewish terrorism. According to Times of Israel, Rini was considered missing for several days until her body was located on October 13, and she was buried in Kfar Etzion that day. She was slain alongside her friend Tiferet Lapidot, who she also went to the Nova festival with. She is survived by her parents Mechola and Moriel, and her siblings.“One of the things that most characterized Rinat was that she made space for everyone,” her father, Moriel, told Channel 14 news.“One of her mottos in life that she always said was, ‘Mom, Dad, look into the heart, not how a person looks, the heart is where they really are.’ That was Rinat.”May Rini's memory be a blessing to us all 🎗️ by @mazelit_

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"SAY SHEMA YISRAEL!!!!" From early on, Miss. Aviv Hajaj knew she would be an observation soldier in the IDF. “Mom, this is one of the most significant roles a girl can have in the army," Aviv told her mom, which her mom recounted to AISH News. "If something happens to even one soldier, that will weigh on me for the rest of my life," Aviv said. "People don’t always understand what the work of an observation soldier actually looks like," her mom told AISH. "It’s not one shift and then you rest. It’s a cycle that never stops." "The border doesn’t sleep, and neither do the eyes watching it." On October 7th, Aviv, who was only 19, was killed in an attack, exactly what her mother feared. Hamas launched a terror attack on Israel. Aviv's mom told AISH: "Only later did we find out about Aviv’s final moments. When the terrorists entered, firing automatic weapons and throwing grenades, Aviv was gravely wounded." "Crawling, she screamed to her friend Daniela, “Daniela, come. Say Shema Yisrael!!”"The terrorists tried to kidnap her into Gaza. For some period of time — I don’t know how long — she was alive after being shot. And then they killed her." Aviv Hajaj did not survive. May her memory be blessed. She was one of many female IDF solders killed that day at the Nahal Oz military base. May her memory be blessed🎗️ by @mazelit_

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🕯️Alina PravosudovaAlmost three years ago, Alina Pravosudova (23), from Haifa Israel, was killed in the October 7th terror attack on Jews. She was a victim of anti-Jewish terrorism. Her friends called her "Gingit" (similar to "Ginger" in North America and Europe) because of her flaming red hair. She died trying to run from the terrorists that invaded the Urim military base, which was one of many targets that Hamas sent their armed militants to on October 7th, not including music fests and homes of babies and children. Alina is remembered for her extensive volunteer service in the MDA, her love of ballet, and for her giving nature. “Alina always wanted more than she could,” her father, Michael, told the Davar news outlet. “And it always worked out for her.”He said that Alina danced ballet for years, always worked out and engaged in sports, that Alina "had all the components for excellence, and she anyway kept going and stuck with it and became better than anyone. She really was like that, the best of everyone.”She did not survive, but her memory still lives on. May Alina's memory be a blessing🎗️ by @mazelit_

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🕯️Nadejda "Nadia" SpravchikovNadia (75), woke up early on October 7th to go out on a trip to the Dead Sea with a group of 12 other elderly Jews. They would never come home. They were murdered by a pickup truck of Hamas terrorists when their tour bus stopped to get help for a flat-tire. According directly to Times of Israel, images of the bus stop slaughter were among the first to circulate early that 10/7 morning, shocking Israelis in their brutality and horrifying the family members of those who identified their loved ones in the photos.Nadia's daughter, Irit, told an independent news outlet that when she saw the photos, “I recognized immediately that it was Mom and her sister, from the clothes and their body shape.”Despite Nadia's academic background in chemistry, she devoted her life to caring for the elderly. “When she made aliya, she decided that her calling was to help the elderly, even though she was old herself, she insisted on giving of herself to others and supporting those who needed it,” Nadia's daughter Irit told the Mako news site.May Nadeja's memory be a blessing🎗️ by @mazelit_

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Remember Tal Keren. He was just 17-years-old when his life was stolen during the October 7th terror attack. He was murdered at Zikum Beach in Israel, just about 2 miles from the Gaza border. The teenager was murdered by Palestinians on 10/7/2023 when they invaded the border of Israel — and sought to destroy as many Jews as possible. Tal was a victim of anti-Jewish terrorism. May his memory be a blessing to all of us, and his parents comforted in their grief.Tal 💔 by @mazelit_

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