Billye's Blog
Our First Day in Jerusalem
Just after breakfast, we gathered in a room where we would have two lectures. The first gentleman holds the very important position of Ministry of the Diaspora. I was shocked when he presented me with a plaque. You can read...
Entry into Jerusalem
As we walked out from Hotel Ramat on the Galilee to board the bus south for Jerusalem, I snapped a picture of a “parking lot” just outside the door. Families evacuated from Kiryat Shmona in the North are staying here....
Misgav Am
Actually, it happened on the evening of December 11 that our longtime friend, Betzelah, who addressed us many times at Misgav Am, came to the Ramat Hotel to speak to us. (This very brave and strong man gave me a...
MIGDAL ARBEL PRAYER AND STUDY CENTER
I didn’t sleep well last night anticipating today. How would it feel to see, to touch, what has been a “call” for more than twenty years. I don’t call it a dream. Because I can’t truly say it is my...
Ariel, Shiloh
A highlight of the day for me was being with longtime friends. Each one lit up and hugged me like I’ve never been hugged. Many don’t come to this area because it is on what the world calls the west...
Tel Aviv, Mount Carmel
FIRST STOP: “THE KIDNAPPED SQUARE” The large square formerly called Tel Aviv Art Museum Square has been renamed The Kidnapped Square. Here families, friends, and concerned Israelis gather to honor and await news of the hostages. A giant digital clock...
Eizeh Yom! What a day!
It was so full, so unlike any day I’ve ever known that I scarcely have energy left to write this blog. So I am going to let these pictures speak thousands of words. Volunteering on a Moshav A...
Tel Aviv, Israel
Terry, Shelli and I left the Salt Sea and the close living among the evacuees. Tomorrow we will go to some of the places from which they were driven in horror. Late today, the IDF gave us permission to enter...
Day 03: Yam HaMelach (Salt Sea)
Today is a Birthday; I wonder for whom! ME!!! It’s my birthday. And what a place to celebrate. I gave myself the gift of a massage here in the hotel spa. When I told Tonya, a Russian Jewish immigrant, about...
Day 02: Yam HaMelach (Salt Sea)
The Sderot evacuees have been in this hotel almost 60 days. Despite the horrors this community suffered for years and the unimaginable massacre of October 7, this is a lively place. Especially the children. Much of the action happens in...
