Jordan Valley

A Difficult Pesach

On this week’s Israel Uncensored, Josh Hasten says that it was truly difficult joyously celebrating Pesach (Passover) this year, following the terrorist murders of Efrat residents Lucy Dee, 48, and her daughters Maia, 20, and Rina, 15 HY”D, who were gunned down by jihadists while driving in the Jordan Valley. Thousands have paid their respects to the Dee family at the shiva this week, with more and more stories emerging demonstrating how amazing these three lost souls were through their acts of kindness and love of the Land of Israel and the Jewish People.

Posted by Josh Hasten in Israel Uncensored

Israeli Startup Helps Businesses in Judea and Samaria Navigate Economic, Political Challenges

Ora Uziel, an artist from Samaria. Bikurim helped subsidize her e-commerce website. Credit: Bikurim.

Ora Uziel, an artist from Samaria. Bikurim helped subsidize her e-commerce website. Credit: Bikurim.

Lenny Goldberg, who immigrated to Israel back in the 1980s from New York, runs a small business out of his community of Tapuach in Samaria. Goldberg’s company, called “Luna-na,” caters to birthday parties, summer camps and other special events for children and adults alike throughout the country by providing a variety of inflatable bouncy castles and other similar entertainment play devices for his clients.

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Posted by Josh Hasten in Jewish News Syndicate

Is the Window Closing for Israel to Apply Sovereignty over Judea and Samaria?

Jordan Valley Regional Council head David Elhayani. Credit: Meir Elipur

Jordan Valley Regional Council head David Elhayani. Credit: Meir Elipur

A new campaign has been launched by Israel’s Sovereignty Movement to encourage the application of Israeli law over those areas by the government, starting with the Jordan Valley and the northern Dead Sea area, before Donald Trump’s presidency comes to an end.

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Posted by Josh Hasten in Jewish News Syndicate