by Katie Eacrett | Jan 31, 2022 | News from the Land
Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter Share on linkedin LinkedIn Share on email Email Share on print Print February 1, 2022 Sondra Oster Baras Today I had lunch with a couple of Danish journalists. They were truly interested in Israel and in Judea...
by Kim Troup | Jan 3, 2022 | News from the Land
Reflections on a New Year, a New Baby and COVID January 4, 2022Sondra Oster BarasThis is a day for celebration. Or as King David put it in Psalms: “This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it” (Psalm 118:24). This morning, my newest...
by Katie Eacrett | Aug 2, 2021 | News from the Land, Newsletters
A New Hebrew Month is Upon Us August 3, 2021 by Sondra Baras The Hebrew calendar is a lunar one and it is based on the monthly cycle of the moon rather than on the annual cycle of the sun. A solar year is 365 days and the months are merely a convenience —...
by Kim Troup | Jan 6, 2014 | News from the Land
Former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon passed away yesterday afternoon. It is an opportunity to review the life and legacy of this man who for so much of Israel’s history held positions of leadership and influence. Beginning in Israel’s War of Independence in...
by Kim Troup | Dec 17, 2013 | News from the Land
It started snowing on Wednesday evening and kept snowing. On Thursday, Judea was covered in snow, in Gush Etzion and in Hebron. I was supposed to meet a tour group in Hebron that day but it was cancelled — there was no way to get anywhere near that area. Where I...
