by Kim Troup | Feb 23, 2012 | Word to the Nations
Road inside Alon On my first day visiting communities, I went to Alon, a community northeast of Jerusalem, along the Jericho Road. Rabbi Danny Segal and Dikla Zenter met me outside the community in a large parking lot. Rabbi Segal is the community rabbi and Dikla is...
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...
by Kim Troup | Jan 30, 2012 | Reflections from Israel
May 2010 In my home, as in many Jewish homes around the world, Friday afternoon, as Shabbat approaches, tends to be hectic. I call a five-minute warning upstairs to my girls who are putting the final touches on their Shabbat finery and remind my boys to turn off the...
