by Kim Troup | Mar 13, 2012 | Reflections from Israel
Coming of age. Rites of passage. This brings to mind images of a boy in a loincloth, holding a sword in one hand and a sack of grain in the other, going off into the woods to kill his first bear. Or someone breaking out a bottle of bubbling champagne and drinking to a...
by Kim Troup | Feb 24, 2012 | Dutch
Februari 2012 We hebben een paar echte geode regenbuien gehad in Israel de laatste weken. Eén sabbat plenste het de hele vrijdagavond. Na terugkomst uit de synagoge op vrijdagavond, genoten we van de warmte van de eetkamer aan een hete en voortreffelijke maaltijd. We...
by Kim Troup | Feb 24, 2012 | News from the Land
Israeli politics are known for their volatility and unexpectedness. There have only been 6 Israeli governments which served their full term, the last one ending in 1988. The Knesset (Israeli Parliament) generally finds a reason to disband the government before the end...
by Kim Troup | Feb 23, 2012 | Word to the Nations
Road inside Alon On my first day visiting communities, I went to Alon, a community northeast of Jerusalem, along the Jericho Road. Rabbi Danny Segal and Dikla Zenter met me outside the community in a large parking lot. Rabbi Segal is the community rabbi and Dikla is...
by Kim Troup | Feb 16, 2012 | German
Februar 2012 in den letzten Wochen hat es in Israel ziemlich viel geregnet. Am Schabbat goss es in der Nacht von Freitag auf Samstag in Strömen. Als wir am Freitagabend von der Synagoge nach Hause zurückkehrten, genossen wir bei einem köstlichen Mahl die Wärme des...
