by Elyshia Johnson | Apr 5, 2019 | Newsletters, Reflections from Israel
By: Meira Weber When Kim and Sondra invited me to join them for one of the final evenings of the CFOIC Spring 2019 tour, I hesitated. The tour was staying at a kibbutz on the shore of the Sea of Galilee, and it was a long drive up from Karnei Shomron. It would be a...
by Elyshia Johnson | Apr 5, 2019 | Heartland Stories, Newsletters
Download the printable PDF The terrorists came on Shabbat night. Wind whispered through the quiet streets of Rechalim. The rustle of trees and the occasional hum of a passing car on the nearby highway were the only sounds in the small Samarian community. The night of...
by Elyshia Johnson | Apr 2, 2019 | News from the Land, Newsletters
Imagine being woken up at 5 in the morning by a wailing and threatening siren whose menacing tone rises and falls with the known signal of impending attack. It is the same sort of feeling that is experienced by families living near Gaza — those families have...
by Elyshia Johnson | Mar 29, 2019 | German, Newsletters
Lieber Freunde, In diesen Tagen ist die Zeit des Saubermachens in Israel. Wir sind nur wenige Wochen vor dem Passafest, dem Feiertag, an dem wir darauf achten, kein Brot oder Sauerteigprodukte zu essen, an dem wir sicherstellen, dass es nicht einmal Brot in unseren...