Category Archives: Personal stories

Irena Sendler, Righteous Among the Nations – An Extraordinary Story of Courage and Humanitarian Principles

Irena Sendler, passed away on 12 May 2008, age 98 years. In 1965 Sendler was recognized by Yad Vashem as one of the Righteous among the Nations. In 1991 Sendler was awarded Citizenship-of-Honor by the state of Israel. In 2007 considerable publicity accompanied Sendler’s nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize.[12] While failed nominations for the [...]

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My Trip to Israel – Personal Story

Thank you so much for this month’s Hebrew Online Blog Post – reading about the beauty of the Dan Reserve – brought tears to my eyes as I recalled so fondly my trip to Israel November of 2008. By Hope JammesWhile I was a guest in your great nation, God opened up the Old Testament [...]

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My Trip to Israel – God’s Holy Land

A personal story I’m not much good at writing stories but I would like to tell you of my visit to Israel in September 1999. It was my hearts desire that one day I would get to visit the holy land. My mother Ellen always had a love for the Jewish people, when we were [...]

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