by Elyshia Johnson | Aug 5, 2019 | News from the Land, Newsletters
This week is one of the most enjoyable weeks of the year for me. Each year, thousands gather in Gush Etzion, at the Herzog College in Alon Shvut, for a 5 day Bible Seminar. Herzog is a religious college which began as a Bible School and then expanded to include a...
by Elyshia Johnson | Jul 18, 2019 | Newsletters, Reflections from Israel
I visited the community of Einav for the first time when I was accompanying a small tour group from Canada. The five of us were squished companionably into a small car, chatting easily about the land, only the smallest bit tired after a full day of traveling and...
by Elyshia Johnson | Jul 15, 2019 | Newsletters, Reflections from Israel, Word to the Nations
Do you want to visit the Holy Land? I can remember as a child dreaming of a visit to the Land of Israel. In those days, it was such a far-fetched idea, that it seemed as realistic as flying to the moon. I still remember my very first trip to Israel, the incredible...
by Elyshia Johnson | Jul 8, 2019 | Nahala (Inheritance), Newsletters
In recent years, terrorism has reared its head again and again in the Hebron Hills region. So many people have been murdered, leaving their families and their communities to pick up the pieces even as they struggle to maintain normal, functioning lives. But not...
by Elyshia Johnson | Jul 8, 2019 | Newsletters, Reflections from Israel
By: Meira Weber Before I made Aliyah, I used to hear lots of American Jews repeat the same Hebrew saying: libi b’mizrach v’anochi basof hama’arav. Translated, it means, “My heart is in the east, but I am in the west.” I always wondered about that saying. It felt right...
