Reflections


Reasons for Hope
January 27, 2022
This International Holocaust Remembrance Day, we remember the six million Jewish lives lost during the Holocaust. But despite anti-Semitism again growing around the world, Yael writes at The Washington Examiner that, for the first time in their history, the Jewish people have two reasons for hope.
Yael Eckstein and her family in an olive grove, Yael holds her son up into a tree to pick olives.
The Key to Abundant Blessings
January 20, 2022
In Leviticus, God promises that when we refrain from working the land in the seventh year, the sabbatical year, He will bless us with abundance. This is what He says: “I will send you such a blessing in the sixth year that the land will yield enough for three years” (Leviticus 25:21).
A Legacy of Fighting for Justice and Equality
January 13, 2022
Today, we’d like to share a portion of Yael’s Conversations with Yael podcast featuring a great friend of Israel and The Fellowship, Dr. Alveda King.
The Gift of Time
January 6, 2022
God’s first commandment on the eve of the Jewish people’s departure from Egypt is still upheld to this day — the Hebrew calendar is lunar-based and follows the monthly cycles of the moon.
An Important Holiday Tradition
January 4, 2022
Yael reflects on what is perhaps the most important part of the holiday traditions of both Christians and Jews: the spirit of giving.
Extraordinary Challenges, Extraordinary Faith
December 16, 2021
As we approach the end of 2021, I look back on yet another year that none of us expected or could have prepared for.
Reflecting on a Season of Miracles
November 30, 2021
Jews around the world are celebrating Hanukkah and Christians are preparing to celebrate Christmas. Though we are nearing the shortest, darkest days of the year, for people of faith, it is the season of light and miracles.
We Care, We Are Here, We Help
November 24, 2021
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a real-life encounter is worth volumes of knowledge and research.
A Warrior for Peace
November 12, 2021
This week, Yael welcomes to her podcast Rev. Johnnie Moore, pastor, entrepreneur, and most importantly, a warrior for peace in the Middle East.
Yael Eckstein and her family sitting around the Passover dinner table.
Make Your Home a Sacred Space
October 28, 2021
Everyone wants a better home. And these days, there’s no shortage of information out there to tell us how to make our homes more beautiful and comfortable — physically.
Yael Eckstein, wearing a red scarf over her head, leans against the Western Wall in prayer.
Three Simple Steps to Make Your Prayers More Powerful
October 19, 2021
Prayer is one of our greatest sources of power. Yet many of us struggle with unanswered prayers or with how to pray more powerfully.
Shalom in Our Lives, Our Homes, Our World
October 6, 2021
What comes to mind when you hear the Hebrew word, shalom? Perhaps greetings of “hello” or “goodbye.” Or maybe you think of “peace.”