by Katie Eacrett | Dec 31, 2024 | News from the Land
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Print December 31, 2024Sondra Oster Baras Happy New Year! It is hard to believe that another year has gone by—another year of seemingly unending war, tragedy, loss. There are still 100 hostages being held by Hamas in Gaza. While at...
by Katie Eacrett | Dec 9, 2024 | News from the Land
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Print Twenty-three years ago, on the eve of Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement), Elisha Medan, who was preparing to complete his stint of service in the IDF, took on a new mission with several friends in defense of the Land and People of...
by Katie Eacrett | Nov 19, 2024 | News from the Land
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Print November 19, 2024Sondra Oster Baras What an astounding result in the US elections! Donald Trump was elected president, defeating Vice President Kamala Harris by a significant majority of both the electoral and popular votes. ...
by Katie Eacrett | Nov 11, 2024 | News from the Land
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Print On Friday evening of May 2, 1980, a group of students from Nir Yeshiva (Biblical Academy for males), located on the outskirts of the Biblical city of Hebron, excitedly headed to the Cave of Machpelah, the ancient burial site of...
by Katie Eacrett | Oct 28, 2024 | News from the Land
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Print October 29, 2024Sondra Oster Baras We have just finished celebrating the Feast of Tabernacles and it was a really special holiday. For weeks leading up to the holiday, we were all wondering, debating, discussing, how would we...
by Katie Eacrett | Oct 21, 2024 | News from the Land
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Print In 1927, a group of pious Jews from Yemen and Jerusalem sought to restore the Judean hills, which had lain barren and in ruins for almost 2,000 years. They named their newly established community, directly southwest of Jerusalem,...
