by Elyshia Johnson | Jun 10, 2019 | Newsletters, Reflections from Israel
By: Meira Weber “Honor your father and mother, in order that your days be lengthened on the land that the Lord, your God, is giving you.” Exodus 20:12 It’s the Fifth out of Ten Commandments. In Judaism, honoring one’s father and mother is a vital mitzvah...
by Elyshia Johnson | May 9, 2019 | Newsletters, Reflections from Israel
By: Meira Weber Zionism runs strong in my family, as deeply connected to my identity as my family name and my devotion to Orthodox Judaism. Zionism was simple when I was growing up in the United States, because all it took to be a Zionist was to love Israel. And who...
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...
by Kim Troup | Jan 22, 2018 | Reflections from Israel
By: Avital Stern-Buchnick Tuesday, January 9, 2018 Aliyah’s story begins five years before she was born. Her parents, Avital and Michael Ezer were a young newly married couple in Soviet Russia. They were respected researchers in their fields and had big plans for the...
by Kim Troup | Aug 1, 2017 | News from the Land
August 1, 2017 By: Sondra Baras Today is the 9th of Av, the day according to the Hebrew calendar that commemorates the destruction of both Temples in Jerusalem: Solomon’s Temple and Herod’s Temple (which was a rebuilt version of the earlier Temple of Ezra and...
