It is estimated that less than 200,000 Holocaust survivors are alive today, and roughly 40 die each day. One in three lives in poverty. Today, Jews around the world remember those who were lost in the Holocaust, even while many of them struggle themselves. What is being done? Who cares for those who have endured …
Continue reading Yom HaShoah 2017: Remembering the Lost, Remembering Survivors
My friends, we're taking a break from our study to commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day. While International Holocaust Remembrance Day is commemorated in January, Israel commemorates Yom HaShoah Ve-Hagevurah (“Remembrance of the Holocaust and the Heroism”) today. At 11:00am (Israel time) sirens will sound for two minutes and the entire country will come to a standstill, remembering …
Yes, King Jesus is coming soon! Those who have joined us at the virtual study table know that we have gone through weeks of study, looking at the Jewish roots of our Christian faith. Over the past couple weeks our study has been anchored to Jesus' words in Matthew 23:39: 'For I tell you, you …
Shabbat Shalom! The latest issue of Word from Jerusalem, published by the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem, is now available. This month's issue contains the following: "Before the Rooster Crows" - an article featuring a look at Peter's denial of Jesus, and the place in Jerusalem where that occurred. Here are pictures that will give a visual perspective …
