by Katie Eacrett | Dec 9, 2024 | News from the Land
Twenty-three years ago, on the eve of Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement), Elisha Medan, who was preparing to complete his stint of service in the IDF, took on a new mission with several friends in defense of the Land and People of Israel. Drawing their inspiration from...
by Katie Eacrett | Nov 11, 2024 | News from the Land
On Friday evening of May 2, 1980, a group of students from Nir Yeshiva (Biblical Academy for males), located on the outskirts of the Biblical city of Hebron, excitedly headed to the Cave of Machpelah, the ancient burial site of the Biblical Patriarchs and Matriarchs....
by Katie Eacrett | Oct 21, 2024 | News from the Land
In 1927, a group of pious Jews from Yemen and Jerusalem sought to restore the Judean hills, which had lain barren and in ruins for almost 2,000 years. They named their newly established community, directly southwest of Jerusalem, “Migdal Eder,” after a nearby location...
by Katie Eacrett | Sep 9, 2024 | News from the Land
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Print During the Feast of Tabernacles in 1977, an idealistic couple heading to visit the pioneering community of Kedumim suddenly found themselves taking on a new mission. As they drove through the hills of the Biblical Heartland, they...
by Katie Eacrett | Aug 19, 2024 | News from the Land
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Print Around 1700 years ago, a group of devout Jews settled the southern edges of Judea in the Hebron Hills. Their hearts were directed towards Jerusalem, the eternal site of the Shechinah (The Divine Presence) where the Temple once...
