“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.
What happens in the hidden realms when the grand stage of history is filled with guilt, betrayal, and pain? Where does God work when the obvious fails and the main actors fall silent?
How Gideon became a hero and continues to influence the Israeli army to this day.
Have you ever felt that you are standing inwardly at a turning point? That life is pressing you, urging you no longer to continue as before? That you realise the person you were no longer fits the person you have become? It is exactly there that the story of Jacob begins — and exactly there that it begins with us too. This is the weekly Torah portion that we in the people of Israel read on this Shabbat. Come and read with us!
“We’ll meet at eight at Talitha Kumi.” That’s how I used to arrange to meet friends as a teenager. Since we came from different neighborhoods, it was the best meeting point in Jerusalem—and it still is one of the most popular spots in the city to this day.
Have you ever felt that a path you were forced to take against your will ultimately turned out to be the very one that brought you back to yourself?
When rereading a well-known Torah portion leaves you open-mouthed, goosebumps all over, swept up in a deep inner rapture.
Have you ever tried to convince someone to adopt your opinion? Were you absolutely certain that option A was better than option B and did your best to persuade the other person?
How do we carry on when the great figures who sustained us are no longer here?
This parsha opens a very profound dimension of the relationship between Abraham and God. We learn from it that God desires our active participation in this relationship.
My love for Yeshua has grown more and more over the years.
