by Kim Troup | May 2, 2017 | News from the Land
by Sondra Oster Baras May 2, 2017 As I write this newsletter I am sitting in front of the television, watching the ongoing documentaries about soldiers who fell in defense of their country, about victims of terror who were murdered because they were Jews living in the...
by Kim Troup | Mar 7, 2017 | News from the Land
Hope Despite the Tragedy of Ofra Tuesday, March 7, 2017 I have just returned from a wonderful trip to Australia where I spent 10 days travelling and speaking in three states: New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland. It was my seventh trip to Australia in as many...
by Kim Troup | Feb 28, 2017 | Word to the Nations
by Kimberly Troup What about the Palestinians? Don’t they have rights to own land and live in their ancestral homeland? To answer this question, we have to go back in history. The people who are currently called “Palestinian” are not the same people who were called...
by Kim Troup | Oct 10, 2016 | News from the Land
Tuesday, October 11, 2016 Yesterday and the day before were Rosh HaShanah — the Jewish New Year. It is both a joyous and a serious time of year. Beginning a full month before the holiday, we spend time reflecting on our actions and omissions of the past year and...
by Kim Troup | Sep 9, 2016 | News from the Land
Tuesday, September 6, 2016 September is here and with it comes so many new beginnings. School starts on the 1st of September and children begin pre-school or school on that day. Often Rosh HaShana, the Jewish New Year, also begins in September but this...
