Join the Isaiah 62 Prayer Initiative Today

Hi friends!  Today is a day of prayer, and I encourage you to join thousands around the world in the Isaiah 62 Prayer Initiative, focusing on Israel.  Isaiah 62:6-7 says: I have set watchmen on your walls O Jerusalem; They shall never hold their peace day or night. You who make mention of the Lord …

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World’s Oldest Person: a Holocaust Survivor

As we approach International Holocaust Remembrance Day (January 27), I want to share a human interest story with you.  Recently the Gerontology Research Group contacted a grandson of 112-year-old Yisrael Kristal, a Holocaust survivor.  This followed the death of a 112-year-old Japanese man, thought to be the oldest living person until his death. Thus, it …

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This Sunday: “The Holocaust and Antisemitism”

Hi everyone!  As we approach International Holocaust Remembrance Day (January 27, 2016), I want to invite you to a special time of sharing.  The day after Thanksgiving I traveled to Israel to attend a Christian Leadership Seminar at Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum and Research Center.  Christian Friends of Yad Vashem and the International Christian Embassy …

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Iranian and Israeli Reactions to “Implementation Day;” More Natural Gas Found off Israeli Coast

As expected, reactions to the lifting of international sanctions against Iran are vastly different.  Per the Iranian Nuclear Deal struck in July 2015, the IAEA has declared on Saturday that Iran has fulfilled all requirements (removing nuclear materials, disassembling some of their centrifuges, and dismantling a heavy-water nuclear reactor in Arak, for example). Thus, sanctions …

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