“I was born in Jerusalem in 1966 and grew up in a traditional Jewish home. I first met my husband Aviel, Editor-in-Chief of Israel Today, when we were both 16-years-old on Jaffa Street in downtown Jerusalem. We have raised three boys and a girl.”
“We live on a Moshav, a collective farming community, located in the magical Judean Mountains. My love for and faith in the Bible is an integral part of who I am and how I live my life. And I live with great appreciation and joy for all that life has given me.”
Together with Aviel, Anat has been a part of Israel Today since 1990. In addition to her many other duties, she writes a regularly on the Bible, faith and the God of Israel.
Our Torah portion teaches us a painful truth about living with crises: without the pain and the rupture, there can be no living faith.
Caught abroad on vacation by the war – and suddenly even paradise becomes a foreign place. Why home, especially in hard times, is the only place you truly want to be.
From the conceal to the reveal (in Hebrew, Esther sounds like the word ‘to be concealed’).
What can the Book of Esther teach us about the present?
Life goes on – yet war seeps into daily routine and continues to affect the soul long after its official end.
Between biblical imagery and political reality – why the names of military operations say more than they first appear.
At the beginning of this week’s portion, a commandment appears that at first glance seems purely technical in nature: “And you shall command the children of Israel that they bring you pure, beaten olive oil for the lampstand, to kindle an eternal light (Ner Tamid – eternal candle – נר תמיד).”
The verse “And let them make Me a sanctuary, that I may dwell in their midst” is one of the most revolutionary sentences in the Torah.
Joseph, Part 3 – Turning point among brothers – We are approaching the core of this story of brotherhood and reconciliation. It is a new and wonderful development in the stories surrounding Joseph.
After the mighty revelation at Mount Sinai, the weekly portion Mishpatim follows—translated as “ordinances” or “laws.”
