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9th of Av: Mourning the Destruction of the Temple
Tish'a B'Av for Hebrew Year 5783 begins at sundown on Wednesday, 26 July 2023 and ends at nightfall...
If the Biblical Foundation Falls Away, So Will the Support for Israel
Belief in the Bible as a reliable source of information has been under attack for centuries. So has...
Time to say Goodbye and Welcome!
Dear friends, sorry for the long pause without any news or articles. Summer is a very busy time for...
Planting for Tomorrow
In these days when humanity seems bent on destroying nature, Israel is a country which not only has...
The Barley Harvest | The Book of RUTH with Johannes Gerloff #20
The homecoming at the time of the barley harvest promises fruit, even...
Finding hope and inspiration in India
“What is happening here is mesirat nefesh (self-sacrifice).” That is how Meir Phaltuel, our Israeli...
Journal Israel and the Church: Shabbat and the Feasts
The theme of this edition is The Sabbath and the Feasts. In this volume, we focus on the Shabbat, to...
David’s Conquest: The History of Jerusalem—Part 2
The king and his men marched to Jerusalem to attack the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land. The...
A Path of Memory and Future
In his popular novel “To the end of the Land,” Israeli author David Grossman writes about Ofer, a yo...
A Conversion? | The Book of RUTH with Johannes Gerloff #19
Did Ruth convert to Judaism with her commitment to Naomi, to her people, and to her God? At the...
Prophecies Fulfilled in Our Time (1) – Return to The Promised Land
In this new series we will focus in the upcoming period on Biblical prophecies of which we can...
The battle for Jerusalem is intensifying
The current crisis in the “Palestinian territories” is evidence that things are moving and shaking i...
A Post-Redemptive Season Afterthought
Since the beginning of March, the Jewish calendar has been full of redemptive celebrations. We...
Celebrating Judea and Samaria
Israel is 75 years old. For an individual, that is already an advanced age, a time when one can...
Israel’s complex war with the terrorist regime in Iran
Israel is fighting a war that has many fronts. It has been fighting a “shadow war” with Iran for dec...
In the Beginning: The History of Jerusalem—Part 1
Thus say the Lord God; This is Jerusalem: I have set it in the midst of the nations and countries...
An Interview with Sondra Oster Baras and Shmuel Junger
Sondra Oster Baras, Director of Christian Friends of Israeli Communities (CFOIC) and Shmuel Junger...
The Homecoming | The Book of RUTH with Johannes Gerloff #18
The arrival of the two women in Naomi's hometown of Bethlehem is anything but loud joy; it is very...
Interview with Itamar Marcus founder and director of the Palestinian Media Watch
Itamar Marcus, Founder and Director of Palestinian Media Watch, is one of the world’s foremost e...
Increasing violence in the Palestinian-controlled territories
The violence in the “occupied” territories is rising. There is a new wave of terror. The Israeli arm...