NIEUWS UIT HET HEARTLAND – MAART 2021
Beste vrienden, Dit is een prachtige tijd van het jaar! We hebben net Purim gevierd, die...
Beste vrienden, Dit is een prachtige tijd van het jaar! We hebben net Purim gevierd, die...
Liebe Freunde, Dies ist eine wunderbare Jahreszeit! Wir haben gerade Purim gefeiert, jenes...
A visit to Einav today is a visit to a beautiful area of Samaria with young people who have recently joined the community alongside the old-timers, all proud of the jewel they have created in the center of Biblical Israel.
I was supposed to go to Einav on Tu B’Shvat and film their tree-planting ceremony, sponsored by you, our CFOIC Heartland donors and friends. But then Israel was plunged into lockdown and my visit had to be cancelled. So when life opened up again, I took the first opportunity to visit Einav and it was a fabulous day indeed.
A report was recently published with updated statistics on population growth in Judea and Samaria. The numbers are so encouraging! There are more than 475,000 people living in Judea and Samaria today, representing a growth of close to 3% in 2020 alone and a 17% growth rate over the last five years.
Each year, Jews all over the world celebrate the holiday of Purim. They celebrate the miracle of salvation as described in the Book of Esther, with special prayers in the synagogue, public readings of Esther, festive meals, gifts of sweet food packages to neighbors and friends and charity to the poor.
But there is a more serious element to the holiday as well – reading and studying the Book of Esther.
In Gevaot, special needs children and young adults are not only accepted as they are, regardless of their needs; they are celebrated!
In this episode, I drop by the village of Gevaot, a community of forty families in the hills of Gush Etzion. The people of Gevaot are truly modern-day pioneers who dedicate their lives to creating a thriving utopian community.
Kedumim’s Lehava High School for Girls seeks to channel this spirit through a brand-new leadership program, where students select a problem that needs solving, a humanitarian need or a technological challenge, and then create the solution.
Beste vrienden, Terwijl ik deze brief schrijf, bevindt Israël zich opnieuw in een strikte...