Welcome to Bible Fiber. I am Shelley Neese, president of The Jerusalem Connection, a Christian organization devoted to sharing the story of the people of Israel, both ancient and modern. One thing that makes reading the Hebrew scriptures difficult is that while the Bible is telling the story of one people, the Israelites, other ancient…
Today’s Guest: Shadi Khalloul. Shadi is an Israeli whose family lineage in the Holy Land dates back over 5000 years. Shadi is not Arab, not Jewish, not Druze, and not Bedouin. Shadi is a member of a small but formidable Israeli community known as the Aramean and Maronite Christians. These Christians are a Semitic people…
By Inna Rogatchi, Rogatchi Foundation— A Violin on a Piano The first thing which grabbed my attention when entering a festive hall of the Residency of the German Ambassador in Vienna last Spring 2023, was a violin on a grand-piano. There was something special in this instrument, the sensation which one feels but not necessarily…
Our interview with Chaplain Gramling was originally scheduled to release on Oct. 13, 2023. The tragic events of October 7, 2023, caused us to alter our schedule to focus on the unfolding events in Israel so we could research and share timely information and ways to pray and help. To start the New Year, 2024…
Continuing our series “Communion and Connectedness,” Shelley and I talk to Israeli writer Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz. Eliyahu shares his heart, through tears and smiles, and his experiences in Israel since October 7, 2023. Building bridges between the Jewish and Christian communities for many years, Eliyahu embodies the notion of Israel being “a blessing to the…
By Inna Rogatchi, Times of Israel— There is no other Jewish holiday about which I’ve created and wrote more than about these most dark eight days in any given year during which we are smiling and relaxed every evening being reassured by the growing number of candle flames in our various Hanukkiahs, being warmed up…
Gil Kapen, Executive Director of the American Jewish International Relations Institute (AJIRI), stands at the forefront of an essential mission—to reverse the United Nations’ ongoing funding and narrative that unfairly vilifies Israel. What motivates Gil in his tireless pursuit of rectifying this situation? A peak into his family history uncovers a rich legacy of Zionism—a…
A Rabbi with a Rifle Shares His Heart for Defending Life Operation Lifeshield’s Rabbi Shmuel Bowman joins this week’s Red Alert Communion and Connectedness series to share his first-hand account of life in Israel over the last two months. Join us as Rabbi Shmuel recounts his experience of the unfolding of events on October 7th. Having lost personal…
By Professor Shimon Glick— Premeditation: The Hamas pogrom was a carefully orchestrated event with a clear, declared goal, expressed orally and in writing. They aimed to murder civilians of all ages and kidnap hostages. The leadership of Hamas has expressly stated its goal to repeat such attacks repeatedly in the future. Barbarism: The extraordinary cruelty…
On November 14, 2023, nearly 80 years after 500 Rabbis from NYC marched alone at the White House to demand attention and response for the atrocities the Nazis were committing against Jews in Europe, we were witness to a historic first as Israel and the Jewish population globally experience the greatest manifestation of Jew-hatred and…