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 Kim Troup | Jul 10, 2012 | News from the Land
Yesterday was a fast day, the 17th of the Hebrew month of Tammuz, which ushers in a 3-week mourning period for the first and second temples, thousands of years ago. Our sages have long laid the blame for the destruction of the Second Temple and the subsequent exile...
