Join CFOIC Heartland’s Israel Director Sondra Oster Baras and tour guide extraordinaire Danny Ehrlich on a journey through the Biblical origins and modern communities of Judea and Samaria. With this incredible new series, we’ll be able to bring Israel to you virtually!
Sondra and Danny introduce you to the communities of Kedumim, the first modern community established in all of Samaria, and to Karnei Shomron, the home of Sondra and of CFOIC Heartland.
Join CFOIC Heartland’s Shmuel Junger on a journey through his hometown of Zufim, a beautiful community at the edge of Samaria.
Sondra brings us to one of her favorite spots in Samaria, the Three Seas Outlook on the edge of the community of Itamar. From this spot, we will see the actual place where the People of Israel entered into a covenant with God.
Journey through the hills of Samaria to the community of Ofra, a place of extreme historical and Biblical significance and home to some of the greatest political minds of modern-day Israel.
In this episode, Sondra and Danny bring us to the holy city of Hebron, home of the Cave of the Matriarchs and Patriarchs (Cave of Machpela) where Abraham and Sarah, Isaac and Rebecca, and Jacob and Leah are buried, and to Kiryat Arba, the modern Jewish community that stands just outside Hebron.
In this episode, Sondra and Danny bring us to the city of Otniel, named for the Biblical Otniel, son of K’naz, and re-established in modern times in the hills of Hebron.
In this episode, join Sondra and Danny on a visit to the community of Alon Shvut and hear the rich history of the historic Lone Oak Tree that still stands in the center of Gush Etzion. You don’t want to miss it!
In this episode, you will journey south of Jerusalem to Gush Etzion, to the religious kibbutz of Migdal Oz and then visit the memorial park of Oz V’Gaon, built in memory of 2014 terror victims Eyal Yifrach, Gilad Shaar, and Naftali Fraenkel.
Since you can’t come to Israel, we’ll just bring Israel to you! Sondra and Danny are excited to share with you the newest episode of CFOIC Heartland’s Virtual Tours! In this program, you will journey to the eastern edge of Israel, the Jordan Valley. There, Sondra and Danny will host you in the Biblical site of Qasr al-Yahud, where the Jewish People first crossed the Jordan River and entered the Land of Israel. From there, you will visit the Jewish community of Gilgal, a beautiful oasis in the Jordan Valley desert. You don’t want to miss it!
Sondra and Danny are excited to share with you the newest episode of CFOIC Heartland’s Virtual Tours. In this week’s episode, you will return to the Jordan Valley, where Sondra and Danny will bring you to a site, known as the “Footprint,” an archaeological discovery that changed our understanding of what the word “Gilgal” really means. We then journey to nearby Argaman, a quiet and beautiful Jordan Valley community. You don’t want to miss it!
In this episode, join Sondra Oster Baras and Danny Ehrlich on a journey to Maale Shomron, a small community founded on historical and Biblical ruins in the heart of Samaria, today a neighborhood of Karnei Shomron. You don’t want to miss it!
Once again, CFOIC Heartland is excited to bring you another exclusive virtual tour! In this episode, join Sondra Oster Baras and Danny Ehrlich in the Biblical town and modern-day community of Sussya, where you’ll get to see the remains of an ancient synagogue, discover the meaning behind the “rolling stone,” and learn about Sussya’s extraordinary residents. You don’t want to miss it!
CFOIC Heartland is honored to bring you the last episode in our Virtual Tours series. In this episode, join Sondra Oster Baras and Danny Ehrlich in Genesis Land and learn about this modern-day re-enactment of Abraham’s tent; then on to Mitzpe Dani, the scenic mountaintop outpost community in the middle of the Judean desert. You don’t want to miss it!