by Katie Eacrett | Sep 8, 2025 | News from the Land
Over 3,700 years ago, the Biblical Patriarch Abraham eagerly returned from Egypt to the hills surrounding Mount Baal Hazor, just north of what is today Jerusalem. There, where Abraham had first built an altar to God in the Land of Canaan, God reaffirmed Canaan as an...
by Katie Eacrett | Aug 19, 2025 | News from the Land
Over 3,000 years ago, in ancient Bethlehem, a wealthy landowner named Boaz spotted a young maiden gleaning from his field. After learning that she was Ruth, the Moabite daughter-in-law of his widowed relative Naomi, Boaz, impressed with Ruth’s generosity and...
by Katie Eacrett | Jun 25, 2025 | News from the Land
Almost 3,300 years ago, the Children of Israel stood on the eastern banks of the Jordan River, excitedly preparing to take their very first steps in the Land of Israel. Leading them in their effort to settle and secure the whole Land was Moses’ successor, Joshua....
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...
