September 2024

September 20, 2024 Fifty years without my father – opinion By Barbara Sofer This one is personal. My father, Abraham ben Odes and Fischel, died 50 years ago this week. To me it feels impossible that he’s been gone so long and yet is such a strong presence in my mind and heart. Because my […]

September 6, 2024 Who will lead us? Finding models of leadership for Israel in troubling times – opinion By Barbara Sofer Kibbutz Magen should have been celebrating its 75th anniversary this month. Magen was established in August 1949 on the site of the biblical Bethul (Joshua 19:4). It was a battlefield in the War of