by Elyshia Johnson | May 18, 2020 | Newsletters, Reflections from Israel
By: Meira Weber May 19th, 2020 I grew up watching an educational American television show called Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood. The show was centered around a sweet man named Fred Rogers, who was called just Mr. Rogers on the show, and he would sing and teach and impart...
by Elyshia Johnson | Apr 20, 2020 | Newsletters, Reflections from Israel
By: Meira Weber April 21, 2020 Growing up in the USA, every year in school, as the International Holocaust Remembrance Day neared, the school would hold an assembly. All the grades would attend this assembly, which was held in the gymnasium or another large...
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 | Mar 5, 2019 | News from the Land, Newsletters
The Vatican announced today that they will be opening their secret archive regarding the Holocaust era. This comes on the heels of long-standing criticism by the Jewish community worldwide against Pope Pius XII for his complicity in the Holocaust — for failing to do...
