Yael’s Holy Land Reflections

Gadi Dan visits Galina, an elderly Jewish woman in Ukraine, one year after the war began, February 2023
Ukraine, One Year Later
Yael welcomes to the podcast an Israeli who has made numerous trips to Ukraine since the war broke out, providing lifesaving assistance with The Fellowship staff.
Jewish family threatened by war in Ukraine
No End in Sight for Ukraine's Jews
Our friends at CBN News share how The Fellowship is helping provide for the growing needs of Ukraine's Jews as war rages around them.
Ukrainian olim girl surrounded by women while making aliyah
The Women Who Walk With Me
Yael writes of the women who inspire her each day—the women she works with at The Fellowship, as well as the women who The Fellowship helps.
Elderly Jewish man in war-torn Ukraine receives aid from The Fellowship
The Cruelest Price of War
After a year of war in Ukraine, Yael writes of the moving people and powerful stories The Fellowship is still seeing on the ground.
Yael Eckstein, Beryl Eckstein and Rabbi Eckstein
Remembering My Abba
Yael pays tribute to her beloved abba, father, with a very special guest—Beryl Eckstein, her uncle and Rabbi Eckstein's younger brother.
Young girl and father realize dream of making aliyah to Israel from Ukraine
A New Life in Israel
Welcoming an aliyah flight of Ukrainian Jews to the Holy Land, Yael tells of seeing a family’s dream come true.
Yael Eckstein and Gordon Robertson in a two part collage smiling.
Carrying On Our Fathers' Legacies of Faith
This week, Yael speaks with Gordon Robertson about their faith journeys and carrying on important legacies started by their fathers.
Yael Eckstein in Israel with tree on Tu B'Shvat
Celebrating Tu B'Shvat
Yael comes to us from the Holy Land of Israel to explain why the "New Year of the Trees" is celebrated in the dead of winter.
Rabbi Eckstein and Yael Eckstein bring joy to IDF soldiers, 2019
A Legacy of Joy
I invite you to honor my father’s memory by doing something to bring someone else joy, increasing God’s light in the world and bringing joy into your own life, as…
Yael Eckstein at Holocaust museum in Ukraine, Holocaust Remembrance Day
Remembering the Holocaust
As we proclaim “Never Again,” let us remember that it’s our job to shine the light of God’s love and illuminate our world with justice.
Yael Eckstein with elderly Jewish woman in Ukraine, 2022
Warming Hearts in Ukraine
Blessings from millions of Fellowship friends around the world show God's people in war-torn Ukraine that they're loved this winter.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Rabbi Heschel praying together.
Our Shared Heritage of Seeking Justice
A staunch supporter of the Jewish state and Jewish people, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. saw Christians and Jews as people of faith who are duty-bound to join together.