2018 Israel 70th Anniversary Tour and March of Nations Report
Another tour to Israel has been completed, but the lessons and memories live on in our hearts. Although many among us were first-time visitors to the land, everyone benefited from…
View on the way to the rooms
Israel Trip Fall 2016 – Day 20 Mountain Climbing, Oasis, and Sukkot in the Desert
Early in the morning, just outside our door, down a short sidewalk path, this view of the misty grey sky revealed how close we were to the Dead…
Israel Trip Fall 2016 – Day 16 Yom Kippur in Caesarea
We made it to the Synagogue! For our day of fasting, we decided to go to the water and rest in the peace of the…
Israel Trip Fall 2016 – Day 14 Morning in Shiloh, Evening in Natanya
In the morning, we accompanied D'vorah to Shiloh, the ancient site of the Ark of the Covenant. There, we met D'vorah's friend, who showed us the Synagogue, and shared her interesting…
Rabbi Shapira listens...
Israel Trip Fall 2016 – Day 19 Teaming Up and Visiting a Friend in His Home Town
First, we journeyed to pick up our friends, Paul and Jan..... then, on to Kfar Saba for a Torah Celebration! Our dear friend, Rabbi Itzhak Shapira, visited to bless the arrival of a…
Israel Trip Fall 2016 – Day 18 Sukkah Building at March of Life House
Lesley and Petra were hoping to become acquainted with their neighbors...their first sukkah made the connection for them! The morning was full of anticipation! Petra and Lesley were ready to make…
Shut the Door! Keep the evil out!
Israel Trip Fall 2016 – Day 13 – Artist Community on a Mountaintop!
We traveled to a famous ancient city on top of a mountain, where the Zoar (book of mysteries) was written. It has been a center of Jewish thought and mysticism, the city…
Kehilat HaCarmel Shabbat
Israel Trip Fall 2016 – Day 12 Shabbat at Kehilat HaCarmel
We spent Shabbat at Kehilat HaCarmel, where David and Karen Davis lead the congregation. The building felt joyful, open, and bright, and in the congregation we noticed some of the friends we had…
The Hidden Nature of Antisemitism
Anti-Semitism is more than a mere human social, economic or political phenomena focused on the persecution or destruction of the Jewish people, it is a demonically inspired strategy to prevent the…
In The Steps of Issachar
As Christians we find that instructions and truths given in the New Testament always parallel and restate what was given in the Old. One example of this are the gifts…