by Katie Eacrett | Jan 23, 2024 | News from the Land
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Print January 23, 2024Thanks to you, CFOIC was able to plant a grove of young trees in Gitit, just in time for Tu B’shvat! Tu B’Shvat is the new year for trees and is traditionally celebrated by planting trees and eating...
by Katie Eacrett | Jan 2, 2024 | News from the Land
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Print Please leave a condolence message for the Oster family or Sondra Baras in the comment section below. January 1, 2024It is with heavy hearts that we share the devastating news of the passing of Amichai Yisrael Yehoshua Oster,...
by Katie Eacrett | Dec 26, 2023 | News from the Land
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Print December 26, 2023Sondra Oster Baras What is it like to live an ordinary life, to follow routine, in the midst of a war? For most of us in Israel, we do not have the luxury to imagine the answer to that question: we are living...
by Katie Eacrett | Dec 4, 2023 | News from the Land
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Print December 5, 2023Sondra Oster Baras On June 7, 1981, the Israeli Air Force destroyed the Osirak nuclear reactor, deep in Iraqi territory. Menachem Begin was Israel’s prime minister at the time and US President Ronald Reagan was...
by Katie Eacrett | Oct 31, 2023 | News from the Land
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Print October 31, 2023Sondra Oster Baras It has been more than three weeks since that horrible Shabbat of Simchat Torah, the 7th of October. A date that has become seared in our brains and in our souls. A date that reminds us, day in...
by Katie Eacrett | Sep 26, 2023 | News from the Land
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Print September 26, 2023Shmuel Junger Over the last several months, Israel has seen a massive wave of demonstrations overtake the country. The heart of the matter lies in the ongoing debate over Israel’s judicial power and the...
