Hi friends! Do you realize we're in the midst of a jubilee year for Jerusalem? If you have no idea what I'm talking about, please see Israel's Jubilee Years. Indeed, "liberty is proclaimed throughout the land" on a 50-year schedule, just as the Bible describes in Leviticus 25:8-11! Interestingly, on our Gregorian calendar, those years …
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To hear the evening news, one would think the Palestinians are under horrible oppression by Israel. But, is that really true? Would you believe that roughly 3/4 of Arabs in East Jerusalem would prefer to live under Israeli rule? Susan Michael, Director of the US branch of ICEJ (International Christian Embassy Jerusalem), wrote a very …
A fantastic weekend, filled with learning and reconnecting with friends, is now behind me. On Sunday, we closed out our reunion with panel discussions regarding what various graduates are doing with what we have learned. With graduates from 2010-2017, the spectrum, scope and degree varies widely. Almost all of us are teaching and/or sharing about …
I wish all of you could have experienced what I experienced Saturday night at the Christian Friends of Yad Vashem Reunion/Refresher! In a gathering of graduates from the Christian Leadership Conferences at Yad Vashem (2010-2017), we were so grateful to have several African nations represented among us. We heard from them on Saturday night, and …
