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Shavuot is observed by Jews as the date of the divine revelation on Mount Sinai, and in Israel it's also an agricultural festival. But this year, the fields near Gaza are burning and the holiday requires a special effort
Get email notification for articles from Ariela Karmel Follow May. 13, 2021 4:21 PM It’s hard enough to pick up and relocate to any new country, but moving to Israel brings its own unique challenges. Yet there are some immigrants (or olim, as they’re called in Hebrew) who have chosen not only to relocate to Israel but to move to communities along the Gaza border – Israel’s most hostile front in recent years. With the latest flare-up between Israel and Gaza now in its fourth day, Israeli communities closest to the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip have been subjected to a constant barrage ...
In southern Israel, residents embrace resilience and courage in face of rocket fire In southern Israel, residents embrace resilience and courage in face of rocket fire “We’ve had three wars and so many escalations using weapons and bombs, and we aren’t in any place different than we were in 2008. Has anything changed? Maybe it’s time to do something different," said Adele Raemer, a school teacher and resident of Kibbutz Nirim. (May 12, 2021 / JNS) At 9 a.m. on Wednesday morning, I got into my car in Gush Etzion, near Jerusalem to head down to communities along the Gaza envelope in or...
Photo Credit: pixabay Thirty-six rockets were fired at Israel on Friday night, disturbing the Sabbath peace of Israeli civilians living in the south of Israel. Three more rockets were shot into Southern Israel on Saturday night, with a further three rockets launched at Israel on Sunday night. Where I live, in Efrat, rockets are so rare as to be almost nonexistent. But where my grandchildren live, in the South, rockets are the norm. What does it feel like to be targeted, to live with sirens and explosions, ruined homes and death? I put the same five questions to each of three women in Southern...