An Eye on Zion: Kochav Yaakov

An Eye on Zion: Kochav Yaakov

Counted among the Jewish world’s most esteemed religious leaders, Rabbi Yaakov Abuhatzeira left behind a most impactful legacy that is felt to this very day. Born and raised in Tafilalt, Morocco during the early nineteenth century, Rabbi Abuhatzeira became a...
An Eye on Zion: Kiryat Arba

An Eye on Zion: Kiryat Arba

On April 4, 1968, Rabbi Moshe and Miriam Levinger, a visionary couple committed to restoring the Biblical Heartland, registered themselves and dozens of other like-minded devotees of the Land of Israel to stay at Hebron’s Park Hotel. Just ten months after the People...
An Eye on Zion: Yakir

An Eye on Zion: Yakir

Over a decade and a half after the People of Israel miraculously liberated the Biblical Heartland, Samaria still remained largely barren of new communities. However, in February of 1981, a handful of Biblically devout families set their sights upon a spot near the...

Meet Alon and Yakir

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...