Dearest supporters and friends of Itamar – Our website has been hacked twice over the last two weeks with no less than 20,000 viruses. If by any chance you couldn’t get on our site or were sent old posts or unwanted posts it was because of this. Apparently, we are not liked by everyone because…

It is hard to believe but we will be celebrating the coming new month of Elul this Shabbat and Sunday. The month of Elul marks our preparation for the coming New Year which will take place early this year on September 14th and 15th. It is customary to not only to get up early to…

This week began with the very sad day of Tisha B’Av. We mourned the destruction of our two temples and the modern destruction and expulsion of Jews from Gush Katif and Northern Samaria. On the night of Tisha B’Av a terrible forest fire broke out as a result of an attempt of terrorists to enter…

We welcomed the visit of Yishai Rivlin, Zeev Green, Ortal Tammam and Norman Kaufman who came to learn about what life is like on Itamar. Ortal, a fifth year medical student in Ben-Gurion University lost her uncle back in 1984 when he was kidnapped and murdered in a terror attack. Believe it or not –…

Wow! An exciting week here on Itamar which included many activities that are a part of our summer program. We had Men’s night out, soccer fun with the youth and adults, a traveling zoo that came and gave an opportunity to learn from close about different exotic animals! The Aspaklaria theatre performing for an all-girls…

The last two weeks have seen a rise in violent terror attacks in the Shomron. We held memorials for the terror victims Rachel Shabo and her three children Tzvi, Avishay and Neria HY”D who were murdered in their home fourteen years ago along with the head of the Itamar response team, Yosef Twito, HY”D. We…

                    ~ Yom Yerushalayim Event ~   Join Us on Sunday, May 17th to celebrate Yom Yerushalayim with Friends of Itamar!   ~ Enjoy Israeli food, Dessert, and Music! ~ ~ Meet an Israeli Combat Soldier that fought in the recent Gaza Operation Protective Edge ~…

Itamar celebrated its 31st birthday on Israel Independence Day – it was marked as usual by a beautiful celebration which was attended by the entire community.                  Memorial Day was very difficult as always remembering our dear residents that gave their lives for the land of Israel. Unfortunately,…