by Kim Troup | Feb 16, 2012 | Dutch
Januari 2012 Kijkend naar het nieuws in Israël de afgelopen weken, voelen we ons als een eiland van rust omgeven door een grote instabiliteit. De menigten die de straten van Cairo innamen en hun verkiezingen kregen en de Moslimbroederschap die er met een aantal kleine...
by Kim Troup | Feb 2, 2012 | Reflections from Israel
December 2009 We had parent teacher conferences on Sunday for my 14 year old son Avraham. Avraham’s our first boy after four daughters, so choosing a high school for him had been a new experience. Dormitory schools are pretty standard, especially for boys, and I tried...
by Kim Troup | Feb 2, 2012 | Reflections from Israel
April 2011 Just last night, Jews from all over the world sat down to the Pesach Seder, the festive meal that opens the Passover holiday. It is a culmination of weeks of preparation and anticipation. Everyone—young and old, religiously observant and secular—sits down...
by Kim Troup | Feb 2, 2012 | Reflections from Israel
August 2009 I went more than three weeks ago, but it’s still so fresh in my mind and it was such a glorious day, that I wanted to share it with you. On Thursday, July 23rd, I joined thousands of men and women of all ages flooding the campus of the Herzog College of...
by Kim Troup | Feb 2, 2012 | Reflections from Israel
Maybe if I put it down on paper and can see it in black and white, it will become more real to me. On Tuesday, November 4th, at 4:35 P.M., my daughter Avigayil gave birth to a baby boy…my grandson. I am a grandmother! It was a very emotional day. My mother had...
