B'NAI ELIM (Sons of the Mighty)

While doing IDF (Israel Defence Forces) reserve duty on a mountain overlooking the Biblical city of Shechem (Nablus), someone showed me a week old newspaper showing how warm hearted supporters of Israel were sending gifts of Pizzas to front line soldiers, to show appreciation for their sacrifices and efforts protecting Jewish lives.The idea sounded good... it actually sounded mouth-watering. But then we thought- how many years had we been doing annual reserve duty in this area, and never once received such a gift?

After a while, back home (we live in the Elon Moreh community overlooking Shechem)- we checked the story out. Why do no pizzas get to the soldiers around Shechem? Apparently because there is a shortage of bullet-proof armored pizza delivery trucks- no one from Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, or Netanya was going to drive into the heart of the Shomron (Samaria) to make a delivery!

Then we thought a little further: Now we live here, and certainly aren't afraid to make deliveries. And there are small, family run pizza stands in Elon Moreh, Har Bracha and Kedumim- Jewish communities surrounding Shechem. Why not take this great idea and put it into practice here, in the heart of Israel?

So that is how www.shechem.org/pizza was born! We will try to keep this as simple as possible: