Hard to see the light now

On heritage and homeland and making time for hope

In 2007, I went to Israel as part of the Birthright program - a free, educational trip for Jewish people around the world who want to connect with their history. A return to the homeland, with a not-so-subtle ulterior motive of encouraging us to make Aliyah. Most of us didn’t follow through with that, having felt a connectedness that we could take home.…