Once upon time, a girl from tropical #Florida decided to move to the arid #Negev desert of Israel to fulfill her dream of living a Jewish life on a#kibbutz with her children.

Once upon time, a girl from tropical #Florida decided to move to the arid #Negev desert of Israel to fulfill her dream of living a Jewish life on a#kibbutz with her children. She quit her job, sold her mini-van, rented her home and, with the help of Nefesh B’Nefesh, made #Aliyah. She […]

Part of IDF Service includes community volunteer work, here is just one soldiers story

Just recently, Yuval Chamu concluded her Israel Defense Forces service and, along with it, her volunteer work at the ‪#‎ALEH‬ Negev-Nahalat Eran Rehabilitation Village. Yuval had begun her weekly volunteer service at the Village about a year ago in a joint project of the Hatzerim Israeli Air Force Base and ALEH Negev. Every Tuesday […]

WELCOME: Academy Award Winning Actor, Sean Penn Visits Israel

Sean Penn learned about the amazing work Israel does while working side by side after the earthquake in Haiti. He is in ‪#‎Israel‬ this week and took the opportunity to visit Independence Hall (Israel).  Jewish National Fund – JNF‘s partner, Society for Preservation of Israel Heritage Sites – SPIHS, makes sure the history of the founding […]

FIRST DAY IN ISRAEL: “Traveling internationally is always a challenge but doing it with seven folks in wheelchairs is quite something!…”

“…Nonetheless, we boarded our flight on time and we landed on time. We collected ourselves and all our luggage and were on our tour bus in short order. Our first stop was Neot Kedumim Biblical Nature Biblical Nature Preserve. We had breakfast (our second breakfast because we had breakfast on […]