Read this selection from Yael Eckstein's book, Holy Land Reflections, about her pilgrimage to the military cemetery on Mount Herzl on Jerusalem Day.
The Miracle of Jerusalem
Jerusalem - One Family's Love Story Part 3 - The Fight for Independence
Yifat Bardash relates her father's experience as a young teen, joining the fight for Israel's independence in 1948.
Jerusalem - One Family's Love Story Part 2 - Friends and Enemies
In part 2, Yifat Bardash continues the story of her great-great-grandparents living in Jerusalem. For many years, Jews live peacefully together with their Arab neighbors, but those relationships...
Jerusalem - One Family's Love Story Part 5 - A Journey of the Heart
In this final segment, Yifat Bardash shares that her father at age 84 walks four miles to the Western Wall every Shabbat with his grandchildren as a journey of the heart.
