A Zionist Doing Zionism in Zion Volunteering, Praying, and Visiting in Israel By Tova Morrison The Hebrew word davka means “precisely paradoxically.” I spent five weeks in Israel during autumn 2025 davka to help the country during a war, and to spend the holidays with family and friends in Judea, the Golan, and the radiant Mediterranean beaches in [...]
An Update from Givat Haviva International School (GHIS) By Diane Blau GHIS is open and operating. All academics have been functioning since Monday October 9th. Most of the students are on campus .Some internationals were evacuated and are fully with us on Zoom. They are eager to come back and they love GHIS. We have [...]
[envira-gallery id="26442"]Dear Friends at CBB, Israel at War: New Daycare Opens at the Leo Baeck Education Center As I've already told some of you, last week the Leo Baeck Education Center opened a daycare for children whose parents are in the security forces, reserve army, police, or other essential services. Here in Israel, schools and [...]
Jason Raede: How You Can Help Support the 300,000 Israeli Reservists https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGd5Kxwbim0 As you know we are dealing with an unprecedented call-up of reserve units to fight against Hamas. These are fathers, students, waiters, engineers, doctors, lawyers, construction workers…everyday people who have dropped everything to help defend the people of Israel from terrorism, [...]
By Ellen & Rob Raede Our son Jason served in the IDF in 2010-2011 as a sharp-shooter in the Givati Brigade. This week, after the Hamas attacks, about half of his old unit was called up from the reserves, but not Jason. In fact, because of certain rules, he’s exempt from being called up. [...]
Recently, we asked longtime CBB member Marilyn Weixel to reflect on her recent travels to Israel, and the connection that keeps her returning. Below is her response. “When a Jew visits Jerusalem for the first time, it is not the first time; it is a homecoming.” Elie Wiesel People often ask me, when they hear [...]
Michael Wasserman: Visiting GHIS in Israel I had the privilege to be the “special guest” at GHIS this past week. Can you imagine? GHIS is a private, not for profit high school in Israel that our CBB Community has taken under our wings helping them to fly and even soar. GHIS is doing the unique [...]
Susan Levine: Creating Peace One Student at a Time CBB has formed a partnership with the Givat Haviva International School (GHIS) in Israel - a diverse community of student leaders promoting cross-cultural cooperation - as part of our community's Tikkun Olam initiative to heal the world and build a more peaceful future. CBB members donate [...]
Rabbi Ira Youdovin: What Can be Expected from the New Israeli Government? Folks are asking how long will the new Israeli government hold together, and what might it accomplish? My answer to both questions is the same: I don’t know. And anybody claiming to know is fooling himself and/or trying to fool you. On the [...]