Toby Klein Greenwald

HISTORY

Rebels in the Holy Land

Sam Finkel, inspired by what he learned when visiting the Eran Shamir Village Museum of Mazkeret Batya during a tour guides course, spent five years researching and writing a work…

PEOPLE

Yona Baumel, Man of Faith

This past Shavuot, Yona Baumel, eighty-one, returned his soul to his Creator, without his son Zecharya having been returned to him. Zecharya and five other soldiers were missing after the…

ALIYAH

Breezes of Hope: A Tapestry of Scenes Creates a Vision for the Future

Sixteen years ago, I published an article in Jewish Action entitled “Breezes of Redemption.” It was reflective and hopeful, and predated the second intifada, the Expulsion from Gush Katif, the…

FAITH

My Sister, My Home, My Life: The Story of Ruthi Cohen

“We gratefully thank You… for Your miracles that accompany us daily.” (Shemoneh Esrei, Siddur) The first of the Ten Commandments, “I am your God,” is more of a statement than…

HISTORY

The Siege and Fall of Gush Etzion

View of the reconstructed Kfar Etzion Courtesy of the Kfar Etzion Archives During the months bridging the vote on the partition plan (November 29, 1947) and the birth of the…

HISTORY

Making History

Personal memories of landmark historical moments. Map of Gush Etzion, 1947: Some twenty kilometers from Jerusalem, nestled between Bethlehem and Hebron and among numerous Arab villages, were the four kibbutzim…

HISTORY

Return to the Hurva

Please follow the link below to read the article: http://www.ou.org/pdf/ja/5771/fall71/46-49.pdf

ISRAEL

Boxes with Rainbows

This is their answer to Saddam Hussein, I thought. He sends Scuds, they want to learn Torah. He threatens us with annihilation, they draw rainbows on boxes.