During the Feast of Tabernacles in 1977, an idealistic couple heading to visit the pioneering community of Kedumim suddenly found themselves taking on a new mission. As they drove through the hills of the Biblical Heartland, they spotted the “Horns of Samaria,” two adjacent and beautifully elevated peaks. Overwhelmed by the sheer beauty, the couple instantly envisioned a new community at the foot of those mountains. They resolved to pursue their initiative and, in the process, attained the attention and approval of then Israeli Minister of Agriculture Ariel Sharon. The couple then recruited other like-minded pioneers who were eager to join this cause. Amazingly, they left their comfortable homes in the city and moved, with their children, to a barren, windswept area at the foot of those hills, living initially in tents. They named their community Karnei Shomron, Hebrew for “Horns of Samaria.”
Due to the steadfastness of such dedicated pioneers, Karnei Shomron has blossomed from a few tents to a developed town of 11,000 residents, stretching over five different mountaintops. Since its founding in 1977, the resolve of Karnei Shomron’s residents has never wavered. Yet, since October 7th, Karnei Shomron has been dealt a heavy blow. Three residents of the community were murdered at the Nova Festival. Eight soldiers from Karnei Shomron have fallen bravely in battle while more than 50 others have sustained injuries to various degrees. Hundreds of other men are still, nearly one year later, heroically fighting as reservists in an ongoing existential battle against Israel’s enemies.
The many months of separation have caused family members of soldiers, and specifically their children, agony, heartache and even trauma. Karnei Shomron needs your help to offer these families resiliency workshops that provide them with the tools to cope and rise above the pain and trauma they are experiencing. Moreover, countless reservists in Karnei Shomron and throughout Samaria have, as a consequence of their long stint on reserve duty, lost their jobs and businesses. They and many other families in Samaria, need assistance for the most basic necessities, particularly food. We need your help to ensure that the families of Karnei Shomron and Samaria, receive the help they need — resiliency workshops to cope with trauma and food vouchers to help them weather the current crisis.