by Elyshia Johnson | May 7, 2019 | News from the Land, Newsletters
There are two different kinds of sirens in Israel. An urgent rising and falling sound warns of an attack and is the signal to flee to the nearest bomb shelter or safe room. A mournful steady sound is for remembrance. This past week, we heard both sirens. Last...
by Elyshia Johnson | Apr 2, 2019 | News from the Land, Newsletters
Imagine being woken up at 5 in the morning by a wailing and threatening siren whose menacing tone rises and falls with the known signal of impending attack. It is the same sort of feeling that is experienced by families living near Gaza — those families have...
by Elyshia Johnson | Jan 9, 2019 | News from the Land, Newsletters
By: Sondra BarasJust two months ago, I wrote about elections that took place in the US and in Israel — national elections in the US and municipal elections in Israel. And now Israel has entered its own national elections season. But in Israel, there is always drama...
by Elyshia Johnson | Sep 4, 2018 | News from the Land, Newsletters
by Sondra Oster Baras September 4, 2018 We were treated to wonderful news last week as US President Donald Trump declared that the US would no longer fund UNRWA, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, and criticized the agency for hindering rather than helping...
by Kim Troup | Jul 2, 2018 | News from the Land
by Sondra Oster Baras Last week I met with a group of high school students from the US. They were part of a program in Denver, CO which exposes them to the “Israel-Palestinian Conflict.” The director is a Palestinian-American. She contacted me and expressed...
