by Kim Troup | Aug 22, 2017 | Reflections from Israel
August 22, 2017 BY: Shira Schwartz When we made Aliyah, moving to Israel 25 years ago, we arrived at the airport to family we barely knew jumping up and down in excitement and welcoming signs and Israeli flags. We squeezed ourselves into their vans and started on our...
by Kim Troup | May 23, 2017 | Reflections from Israel
Recognizing the Miracle When I moved to Israel 25 years ago with my family, people automatically assumed we would make our home in Jerusalem. Jerusalem has always been the heart of the Jewish people and though we were tempted, we moved to the Biblical Heartland, to...
by Kim Troup | Aug 30, 2013 | Reflections from Israel
I hosted a crowd at my home for the Rosh Hashanah holidays. Add that to me, my husband, kids and grandkids, and we were quite a house full. Lots of people to house, feed, and keep happy. The basement was set up with guest beds and a crib. My daughter offered to...
by Kim Troup | Aug 20, 2013 | Reflections from Israel
I just dropped my son Avraham off at the main entrance to our community. He groaned when he saw the crowds standing near the guard booth, knowing he had a wait ahead of him for a ride. He was on his way back up north to his Israeli yeshiva program combining...
by Kim Troup | Jul 17, 2012 | Reflections from Israel
It was a little difficult to write about Celia Ulanovsky. I knew her as a neighbor—as a lovely, modest, always pleasant, incredibly kind woman. But when I spoke to her, to get a bit of background, a little more of who she was, I was met with “Oh, there’s really...
