Yom HaAtzmaut (Independence Day) in Israel

Israel's 64th Anniversary: Then and Now

Israeli weather has finally come to our part of the world, at least for this week.

This past week, Israel celebrated the 68th Anniversary of Independence. This anniversary has a deeper meaning for our Family, as my wife, Bonnie's Father landed on the dock in Haifa on the day Israel was created along with a boatload of other Jews who were wanting to return to the homeland.  Elder James McFarlane was called to the Palestinian Syrian Mission and served in the Middle East.  Israel became a state the day he docked.  He recounted that it was really quite a scene with the Arabs not happy with the decision by the United Nations of the creation of a home land for the Jewish people.

David Ben-Gurion, who was the first prime minister of Israel, publicly read the Declaration of Independence of Israel on May 14, 1948. According to the Jewish calendar, this was the fifth day of Iyar, the eighth month of the civil year, in the year 5708. The anniversary of this date on the Jewish calendar is known as Yom Ha'atzmaut and usually falls in April or May of the Gregorian Calendar.

Im Eshkachech

Song by South African band that highlights the beauty of Jerusalem

What greater way to bring in the joyous month of Adar than with the single "Im Eshkachech" from the album, "Mayim Rabim" (Coming Soon). Traditionally, Im Eshkachech is sung in a somber tune to remind us of the destruction of our holy Beis Hamikdash.

Israel 2018

Dave and our group returned home this weekend with a ton of fond memories of their time int he Holy Land.   Start planning now if you want to participate in our next trip to Israel.  It is set for March 6th of 2018.   As more details are confirmed we will post them on the website and on Facebook.   

Katie and Brooke on the press.

Katie and Brooke on the press.

Our political world is turning upside down.

Our political world is turning upside down.  Many are calling good evil and evil good.   Leaves you asking why.   This short presentation by Dennis Prager is too good not to pass along.

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Time Land

Found a gorgeous time-lapse video from the Holy Land by Noam Armonn.   Some really creative settings for this type of photography.

I am proud to present you with my timelapse short film. Best viewed fullscreen HD with scaling off. Hope you will enjoy scenes from my beautiful homeland - Israel. Clips are available for sale at: http://www.gettyimages.com/search/2/film?p=noam+armonn Here is a list of the places photographed, in order of appearance: 00:10-00:22 the Dome of the Rock and the old city of Jerusalem 00:23-00:29 Hilazon Valley - Galilee 00:30-00:39 David Tower - Jerusalem 00:40-00:56 Nazareth with the Basilica of Annunciation - Galilee 00:57-01:07 Blooming Almond tree - Galilee 01:08-01:26 Haifa 01:27-01:42 Beit Netofa Valley - Galilee 01:43-02:02 Oil Refineries Haifa 02:02-02:13 Clouds over the Sakhnin Valley - Galilee 02:14-02:26 Hey Stacks - Galilee 02:27-02:35 Old city of Jaffa 02:36-02:45 Ayalon highway and The Azrieli Center - Tel Aviv 02:46-02:57 Wind beaten Oak tree - Galilee 02:58-03:32 Tel Aviv coast line in sunrise and sunset 03:32-03:40 Sand dune near Beit Yanai - Sharon 03:40-03:50 Sunset at Akhziv Beach - Galilee Music by: Dead Can Dance - The Writing on my Fathers Hand You are welcome to contact me at: noam.armonn@gmail.com

Source: https://vimeo.com/32250966

Holy Land in 4K

Bullet shared this video which features the stunning time lapse video by Jared Cook with some outstanding quotes from general authorities about the Savior.  Truly inspirational!

 

Check out the Behind The Scenes here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFeEPnl4ltA This trip was made possible by Tyler Gathro and his project The Living Stones. He will be compiling a full length documentary on our trip in The Holy Land so go check out his work to keep up to date on when that will come out!

The Holy Land by Jared Cook

Okay this video was too good not to share.   Jared Cook captures the beauty and feeling of the Holy Land in this short time-lapse video shot in 4K (think ultra high definition).   Set to beautiful music by Bytheway-May which is available for download from iTunes.   Watch and then tell me your not at least thinking about being part of our next group going to Israel in March 2016.

The music was custom-scored for this video by the amazing duo "Bytheway-May". Download the song "Yume" by Bytheway-May: iTunes: http://apple.co/1yXhO3i | Amazon: http://amzn.to/1DHMzVK Spotify: http://spoti.fi/1HAt5bv | Bandcamp: http://bit.ly/1GpO3YX Stream it: https://youtu.be/w8kM3dzpBQE Contact for a custom score: bythewaymay@gmail.com https://www.facebook.com/bythewaymaymusic https://soundcloud.com/bytheway-may https://twitter.com/bytheway-may Film by Jared Cook Contact for licensing and collaborations: Jared@JaredRCook.com http://JaredRCook.com https://www.facebook.com/thejaredcook https://instagram.com/cookjared https://instagram.com/timelapse365 This film was created on a Team Super Tramp production in association with Tyler Gathro (http://tylergathro.com/).

Source: https://youtu.be/Pgd2kWuOtwE