Akiva Tor

Today is the day. Naomi and I are boarding a plane for @Israel this morning. Thank you, #Korea and its amazing people, for hosting us these past four years in your wonderful country. Please welcome Ambassador @RafiHarpaz and his wife, Shula, with the same open arms with which you welcomed us. I’ve attached some final thoughts published in the @koreatimescokr, which I hope you can take time to read. 🗞️: m.koreatimes.co.kr/pages/art…

Riding with Dutch Ambassador Peter van der Vliet from #Seoul to #Busan in 3.5 days was wonderful way to say Shalom to #Korea. The beauty of the Namhan and Nakdong river valleys and the Ihwaryeong watershed that joins them is the spirit of this land of endless rice fields and hard-earned prosperity. An epic journey – recommended for everyone, but maybe not in August. 🚴‍♀️🚵 @VlietSeoul

As a former National Assembly Speaker, Kim Jin-pyo was like the Biblical Aaron – a bridge between camps, a principled peacemaker, a great friend and defender of @Israel and the #Korean democracy. We exchanged books, his new one is on the lessons learned serving ten Korean governments. Mine is on the Bible.

Taking leave from the former Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, he shared his deepest wish for peace in our region. SG Ban was always attentive and available, even though he is far my senior. We may not have agreed at all times, but I always listened and learned.

𝙁𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝘽𝙧𝙤𝙖𝙙𝙘𝙖𝙨𝙩: 𝙒𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙢𝙚𝙚𝙩 𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙖𝙩 𝙎𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙞. At the conclusion of three years and 145 broadcasts, our radio program comes to a close as I finish my term as an ambassador and return to Israel. But the study of Torah is endless. It is a conversation between people and generations that never ends, and is life itself. Thank you Kim Changsoo for being a magnificient havruta partner, and thank you FEBC for hosting Bible Study with Israel Ambassador every Saturday at 8:00 am on 106.9 FM. Shalom and farewell, until we meet again. 📻: youtu.be/lycFueVqirc 📷 1st: Akiva and Changsoo in FEBC studio / 2nd: Havruta or Chavruta, Study of Question, Jewish Education Secret / 3rd: The students a Midreshet Shilat, from Wikimedia Commons

Former Foreign Minister Park Jin took me on a farewell hike to Bukhansan⛰️ with @euinkorea Ambassador Maria Castillo Fernandez (@castiml), @UKREmbinKorea Ambassador Dmytro Ponomarenko (@DP_UA1972), and @CzechEmbSeoul Ambassador Ivan Jancarek of the Czech Republic. We visited the Grand Monk Jong Hu of Nojeoksa Temple. When the rock above the temple falls, the Koreas will be united.