by Katie Eacrett | May 14, 2025 | News from the Land
Shortly after returning from Egypt to the hills of southern Samaria, the Biblical patriarch Abraham found himself in a dilemma with his nephew Lot. Neither Abraham nor Lot could find a mechanism to bring an end to the quarreling between their respective herdsmen....
by Katie Eacrett | Apr 17, 2025 | News from the Land
On May 29, 2001, Gilad Zar, a security officer for the Samaria Regional Council and a founder of the community of Itamar, tragically joined the long list of thousands of terror victims who were slaughtered during the Second Intifada. That day, while driving in...
by Katie Eacrett | Mar 3, 2025 | News from the Land
Counted among the Jewish world’s most esteemed religious leaders, Rabbi Yaakov Abuhatzeira left behind a most impactful legacy that is felt to this very day. Born and raised in Tafilalt, Morocco during the early nineteenth century, Rabbi Abuhatzeira became a...
by Katie Eacrett | Feb 17, 2025 | News from the Land
On April 4, 1968, Rabbi Moshe and Miriam Levinger, a visionary couple committed to restoring the Biblical Heartland, registered themselves and dozens of other like-minded devotees of the Land of Israel to stay at Hebron’s Park Hotel. Just ten months after the People...
by Katie Eacrett | Jan 13, 2025 | News from the Land
Over a decade and a half after the People of Israel miraculously liberated the Biblical Heartland, Samaria still remained largely barren of new communities. However, in February of 1981, a handful of Biblically devout families set their sights upon a spot near the...
