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Dog-tags, pins and ribbons associated with the Israeli hostages in Gaza, as seen at "Rooted: A Testament to Jewish Resilience," a new art installation by Dede Bandaid and Nitzan Mintz at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York, October 9, 2026. Credit: Simone Saidmehr

Dog-tags, pins and ribbons associated with the Israeli hostages in Gaza, as seen at "Rooted: A Testament to Jewish Resilience," a new art installation by Dede Bandaid and Nitzan Mintz at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York, October 9, 2026. Credit: Simone Saidmehr

A new exhibit at New York's Museum of Jewish Heritage collects objects worn during the Israeli hostage crisis in Gaza, as American Jews reckon with what to keep and what to let go

For more than two years, Josh Trachtenberg had a yellow hostage ribbon pinned to every suit jacket in his closet.