by Elyshia Johnson | Mar 12, 2018 | Newsletters, Reflections from Israel
By: Avital Stern-Buchnick Meet Roi, a kindergartner growing up in the community of Maale Levonah. One of Roi’s favorite pastimes is going to the community Gymboree. His mother says he can spend hours there, whether playing board games with friends or doing all sorts...
by Kim Troup | Jul 3, 2017 | News from the Land
by Sondra Baras Monday July 3, 2017 What do basketball, the American Navy and India have in common? I assume that they play basketball in India and in the American Navy but that is not what I am referring to. What I am referring to is three wonderful visits in...
by Kim Troup | Aug 6, 2013 | Reflections from Israel
I’m not complaining. I’m happy that my children are busy with day camps, National service, schoolwork and part time jobs, but I’m frustrated. I have not found one day this summer that everyone is available for a family vacation. My husband Kuti and I finally...
by Kim Troup | Mar 13, 2012 | Reflections from Israel
Coming of age. Rites of passage. This brings to mind images of a boy in a loincloth, holding a sword in one hand and a sack of grain in the other, going off into the woods to kill his first bear. Or someone breaking out a bottle of bubbling champagne and drinking to a...
by Kim Troup | Feb 2, 2012 | Reflections from Israel
I was in the den, involved in a good book when I saw my daughter Ahuva walking into the kitchen and pouring a drink. When I heard the clanging of coins being rustled around in our loose change container, I knew that someone was at the door, asking for charity. Our...
