V’Shavu Banim l’Gvulamby David WilderThe Jewish Community of HebronNovember 24, 2005 This morning, while eating breakfast, my eye caught an article in a local paper. Submitted by Kiryat Arba resident Yeshovev Friedberg, it relates a true story which I don’t recall having heard before. By the time I’d finished reading, it had caught not only my eye, but also my […]
Read moreMa’arat HaMachpela: The Roots of the Jewish People by David Wilder The Jewish Community of Hebron Erev Parshat Chaye Sarah The Torah teaches us that Avraham, sitting outside his tent following his brit milah, seeing three men approaching, ran to fix them a meal. When he entered the sheep pen to prepare fresh meat, a calf ran away. As […]
Read moreDAVID WILDER , THE JERUSALEM POST Nov. 16, 2005 During the past several weeks, over 100 members of the Likud Central Committee have come to Hebron to see, feel and experience the first Jewish city in the Land of Israel. They’ve come mostly to view Jewish property that is inaccessible to Hebron’s Jewish community. The story properly begins in 1807 […]
Read moreMurdered Twice?by David WilderThe Jewish Community of HebronNovember 6, 2005 On March 26, 2001, an Arab sniper shot and killed 10 month old Shalhevet Pass. As a result of that murder, Hebron residents redeemed, renovated and repopulated Jewish property stolen from Hebron’s Jewish community following the 1929 riots, massacre and expulsion. That neighborhood, “Mitzpe Shalhevet” is presently on the brink […]
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